Incorporating Diversity : Rethinking Assimilation in a Multicultural Age.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (359 pages)
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 Retention -- 10 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 Incorporation -- 17 Theorizing the "Modes of Incorporation": Assimilation, Hyphenization, and Multiculturalism as Varieties of Civic Participation -- Index -- About the Editor.
An examination of the concept of assimilation as a strategy for 'incorporating diversity' in multicultural societies and a globalised world.