An examination of the concept of assimilation as a strategy for 'incorporating diversity' in multicultural societies and a globalised world.

Part 1 Introduction; Chapter 1 The Revival of Assimilation in Historical Perspective, Peter Kivisto; Part 2 The Classical Formulation; Chapter 2 Racial Assimilation in Secondary Groups with Particular Reference to the Negro, Robert E. Park; Chapter 3 The American Ethnic Group, W. Lloyd Warner, Leo Srole; Chapter 4 Assimilation into the Larger Society, Tamotsu Shibutani, Kian M. Kwan; Chapter 5 American Immigrant Groups: Ethnic Identification and the Problem of Generations, Vladimir C. Nahirny, Joshua A. Fishman; Chapter 6 The Nature of Assimilation, Milton M. Gordon; Part 3 Assimilation Revisited; Chapter 7 Is Assimilation Dead?, Nathan Glazer; Chapter 8 In Defense of the Assimilation Model, Ewa Morawska; Chapter 9 Toward a Reconciliation of "Assimilation" and "Pluralism": The Interplay of Acculturation and Ethnic Retention, Herbert J. Gans; Chapter 10 The Melting and the Pot: Assimilation and Variety in American Life 1, Rubén G. Rumbaut; Chapter 11 Assimilation and Dissimilation, J. Milton Yinger; Chapter 12 Race, Religion and Nationality in American Society: Model of Ethnicity-From Contact to Assimilation, Elliott Barkan; Part 4 New Directions; Chapter 13 The New Second Generation: Segmented Assimilation and Its Variants, Alejandro Portes, Min Zhou; Chapter 14 Rethinking Assimilation Theory for a New Era of Immigration, Richard Alba, Victor Nee; Chapter 15 Migration and Community Formation under Conditions of Globalization, Stephen Castles; Chapter 16 Social Spaces, Transnational Immigrant Communities, and the Politics of Incorporation, Peter Kivisto; Chapter 17 Theorizing the "Modes of Incorporation": Assimilation, Hyphenation, and Multiculturalism as Varieties of Civil Participation, Jeffrey C. Alexander;