Remaking the American Mainstream

Assimilation and Contemporary Immigration

Victor Nee

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$30.50 • £24.95 • €27.50

ISBN 9780674018136

Publication Date: 09/30/2005

Short

384 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

11 line illustrations, 6 tables

World

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

Victor Nee is Frank and Rosa Rhodes Professor at Cornell University, and Director of the Center for the Study of Economy and Society.

Awards & Accolades

2005 Mirra Komarovsky Book Award, Eastern Sociological Society

2004 Thomas and Znaniecki Book Award, International Migration Section of the American Sociological Association

Honorable Mention, 2003 Association of American Publishers PSP Award, Sociology & Anthropology Category

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