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Assimilation Boundaries

Assimilation Boundaries is a theoretical construct in the sociology of ethnicity that denotes the dynamic thresholds within ethnic boundary making processes, distinguishing groups by the degree to which minority populations adopt the cultural norms, practices, and identities of a dominant group while maintaining or relinquishing their original ethnic distinctiveness.

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2017–2026

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Bright vs. blurred boundaries: Second-generation assimilation and exclusion in France, Germany, and the United States

Richard Alba · Ethnic and Racial Studies · 2004 · 1.3K citations

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Assimilation: An Alternative History

Philis M. Barragán Goetz · Journal of American History · 2022 · 43 citations

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Color Differentiation in the American Systems of Slavery

Donald L. Horowitz · The Journal of Interdisciplinary History · 1973 · 20 citations

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Becoming white or becoming mainstream?: defining the endpoint of assimilation

Philip Kasinitz, Mary C. Waters · Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies · 2023 · 16 citations

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The Nature of Assimilation

Milton M. Gordon · 2015 · 14 citations

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Authors

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  1. RA
    Richard Alba

    University at Albany, State University of New York, United States

    1 publications · 1.3K citations

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  2. MC
    Mary C. Waters

    Harvard University Press, United States

    1 publications · 16 citations

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  3. MM
    Milton M. Gordon

    University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States

    1 publications · 14 citations

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  4. PK
    Philip Kasinitz

    The Graduate Center, CUNY, United States

    1 publications · 16 citations

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  5. JH
    John Higham

    Johns Hopkins University, United States

    1 publications · 11 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Texas A&M University – San Antonio

    San Antonio, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    43 citations

  2. Harvard University Press

    Cambridge, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  3. The Graduate Center, CUNY

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  4. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    1 publications

    11 citations

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Venues

  1. Ethnic and Racial Studies

    1 publications · 1.3K citations

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  2. The Journal of Interdisciplinary History

    JIH · 1 publications · 20 citations

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  3. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

    JEMS · 1 publications · 16 citations

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  4. Journal of American History

    1 publications · 43 citations

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  5. British Journal of Sociology

    BJS · 1 publications · 11 citations

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