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5 The Background to Contemporary Immigration

  • Richard Alba and Victor Nee
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Remaking the American Mainstream
This chapter is in the book Remaking the American Mainstream
© 2015 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

© 2015 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. PREFACE ix
  4. 1 Rethinking Assimilation 1
  5. 2 Assimilation Theory, Old and New 17
  6. 3 Assimilation in Practice: The Europeans and East Asians 67
  7. 4 Was Assimilation Contingent on Specific Historical Conditions? 124
  8. 5 The Background to Contemporary Immigration 167
  9. 6 Evidence of Contemporary Assimilation 215
  10. 7 Conclusion: Remaking the Mainstream 271
  11. Notes 295
  12. Index 351
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674020115-006

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. PREFACE ix
  4. 1 Rethinking Assimilation 1
  5. 2 Assimilation Theory, Old and New 17
  6. 3 Assimilation in Practice: The Europeans and East Asians 67
  7. 4 Was Assimilation Contingent on Specific Historical Conditions? 124
  8. 5 The Background to Contemporary Immigration 167
  9. 6 Evidence of Contemporary Assimilation 215
  10. 7 Conclusion: Remaking the Mainstream 271
  11. Notes 295
  12. Index 351
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