Remaking the American Mainstream: Assimilation and Contemporary Immigration

Author: 
Alba, Richard and Victor Nee
Year: 
2003
Publisher: 
Harvard University Press
Publication Location: 
Cambridge, MA
Description: 

Analyzes competing models of how immigrants assimilate and assesses evidence showing that "new" immigrants are achieving upward economic and social mobility despite changing economic structures and persistent racial barriers. This academic synthesis argues that, although assimilation is not a panacea for eliminating racism, the ethnic diversity of new immigrant streams may change the mainstream and help blur racial boundaries.

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