Incorporating diversity : rethinking assimilation in a multicultural age / edited by Peter Kivisto.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The revival of assimilation in historical perspective / Peter Kivisto -- Racial assimilation in secondary groups with particular reference to the Negro / Robert E. Park -- The American ethnic group / W. Lloyd Warner, Leo Srole -- Assimilation into the larger society / Tamotsu Shibutani, Kian M. Kwan -- American immigrant groups: ethnic identification and the problem of generations / Vladimir C. Nahirny, Joshua A. Fishman -- The nature of assimilation / Milton M. Gordon -- Is assimilation dead? / Nathan Glazer -- In defense of the assimilation model / Ewa Morawska -- Toward a reconciliation of "assimilation" and "pluralism": the interplay of acculturation and ethnic retention / Herbert J. Gans -- The melting and the pot: assimilation and variety in American life / Rubén G. Rumbaut -- Assimilation and dissimilation / J. Milton Yinger -- Race, religion, and nationality in American society: a model of ethnicity-from contact to assimilation / Elliot R. Barkan -- The new second generation: segmented assimilation and its variants / Alejandro Portes, Min Zhou -- Rethinking assimilation theory for a new era of immigration / Richard Alba, Victor Nee -- Migration and community formation under conditions of globalization / Stephen Castles -- Social spaces, transnational immigrant communities, and the politics of incorporation / Peter Kivisto -- Theorizing the "modes of incorporation": assimilation, hyphenization, and multiculturalism as varieties of civic participation / Jeffrey C. Alexander.

This work allows readers to obtain a clearer sense of the canonical formulation of assimilation theory and an understanding of the key themes and issues contained in current efforts to rethink and revise the classical perspective for today's changing world.

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