Remaking the American Mainstream

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"In this era of multicultural democracy, the idea of assimilation - that the social distance separating immigrants and their children from the mainstream of American society closes over time - seems outdated. But as Richard Alba and Victor Nee show in the first systematic treatment of assimilation since the mid-1960s, it continues to shape the immigrant experience, even though the geography of immigration has shifted from Europe to Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Institutional changes, from civil rights legislation to immigration law, have provided a more favorable environment for nonwhite immigrants and their children than in the past."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: American studies,  Immigration & emigration,  Multicultural studies,  Social history,  United States,  Social Science,  Emigration and immigration,  Sociology - General,  Sociology,  USA,  Social aspects,  Emigration & Immigration,  Minority Studies - Ethnic American,  Social Science / Emigration & Immigration,  Americanization,  Immigrants,  Social conditions,  United states, emigration and immigration,  Immigrants, united states,  Américanisation,  Conditions sociales,  Émigration et immigration,  Aspect social,  Immigranten,  Assimilatie (sociologie),  Sociale situatie,  Amerikanisierung,  Soziale Situation,  Einwanderung,  Akkulturation