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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797725303321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-317-25764-2

1-317-25763-4

1-315-63397-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (359 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KivistoPeter <1948->

Disciplina

305.8

Soggetti

Assimilation (Sociology)

Cultural pluralism

Multiculturalism

Immigrants - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2005 by Paradigm Publishers.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; I. Introduction; 1 The Revival of Assimilation in Historical Perspective; II. The Classical Formulation; 2 Racial Assimilation in Secondary Groups with Particular Reference to the Negro; 3 The American Ethnic Group; 4 Assimilation into the Larger Society; 5 American Immigrant Groups: Ethnic Identification and the Problem of Generations; 6 The Nature of Assimilation; III. Assimilation Revisited; 7 Is Assimilation Dead?; 8 In Defense of the Assimilation Model

9 Toward a Reconciliation of "Assimilation" and "Pluralism": The Interplay of Acculturation and Ethnic Retention10 The Melting and the Pot: Assimilation and Variety in American Life; 11 Assimilation and Dissimilation; 12 Race, Religion, and Nationality in American Society: A Model of Ethnicity-From Contact to Assimilation; IV. New Directions; 13 The New Second Generation: Segmented Assimilation and Its Variants; 14 Rethinking Assimilation Theory for a New Era of Immigration; 15 Migration and Community Formation under Conditions of Globalization

16 Social Spaces, Transnational Immigrant Communities, and the Politics of Incorporation17 Theorizing the "Modes of Incorporation":



Assimilation, Hyphenization, and Multiculturalism as Varieties of Civic Participation; Index; About the Editor