Remaking the American Mainstream

Assimilation and Contemporary Immigration

Richard Alba

Victor Nee

  • Honorable Mention, Association of American Publishers 2003 Professional/Scholarly Publishing Annual Award in Sociology & Anthropology
  • 2004 Thomas and Znaniecki Book Award, Sponsored by the American Sociological Association
  • 2005 Mirra Komarovsky Award of the Eastern Sociological Society

Preface

1. Rethinking Assimilation

2. Assimilation Theory, New and Old

3. Assimilation in Practice: The Europeans and East Asians

4. Was Assimilation Contingent on Specific Historical Conditions?

5. The Background to Contemporary Immigration

6. Evidence of Contemporary Assimilation

7. Conclusion: Remaking the Mainstream

Notes

Index

  • Cover: Remaking the American Mainstream
  • A photo of the author

Richard D. Alba is Distinguished Professor of Sociology, the Graduate Center, City University of New York.

Victor Nee is Goldwin Smith Professor of Sociology, Cornell University.