Remaking the American Mainstream Assimilation and Contemporary Immigration

Name: Remaking the American Mainstream Assimilation and Contemporary Immigration
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ISBN: 9780674018136

ISBN-10: 0674018133

ISBN-13: 9780674018136

Edition: 2003

Authors: Richard Alba, Victor Nee

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In this age of multicultural democracy, the idea of assimilation seems outdated. However, this book shows that it continues to shape immigrant experience.

Book details

List price: $34.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 9/30/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.06" wide x 9.13" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English

Richard Alba is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at City University of New York and is the author of many books, including (with Victor Nee) Remaking the American Mainstream: Assimilation and Contemporary Immigration and Ethnic Identity: The Transformation of White America .



Preface



Rethinking Assimilation



Assimilation Theory, Old and New



Assimilation in Practice: The Europeans and East Asians



Was Assimilation Contingent on Specific Historical Conditions?



The Background to Contemporary Immigration



Evidence of Contemporary Assimilation



Conclusion: Remaking the Mainstream


Notes


Index