Assimilation is still driven, in claim, by the decisions of immigrants and the second generation to improve their social and material circumstances in America. But they also show that immigrants, historically and today, have profoundly changed our mainstream society and culture in the process of becoming Americans.
Surveying a variety of domains--language, socioeconomic attachments, residential patterns, and intermarriage--they demonstrate the continuing importance of assimilation in American life. And they predict that it will blur the boundaries among the major, racially defined populations, as nonwhites and Hispanics are increasingly incorporated into the mainstream.
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Assimilation is still driven, in claim, by the decisions of immigrants and the second generation to improve their social and material circumstances in America. But they also show that immigrants, historically and today, have profoundly changed our mainstream society and culture in the process of becoming Americans.
Surveying a variety of domains--language, socioeconomic attachments, residential patterns, and intermarriage--they demonstrate the continuing importance of assimilation in American life. And they predict that it will blur the boundaries among the major, racially defined populations, as nonwhites and Hispanics are increasingly incorporated into the mainstream.
Imprint | Harvard University Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | September 2005 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days |
First published | 2003 |
Authors | Richard Alba, Victor Nee |
Dimensions | 235 x 156 x 24mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback |
Pages | 384 |
Edition | Revised |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-674-01813-6 |
Barcode | 9780674018136 |
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LSN | 0-674-01813-3 |