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Article: Assimilation American Style
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- The International Migration Review
- Article date:
- October 1, 1998
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Assimilation American Style. By Peter D. Salins. New York: BasicBooks, 1997. Pp. 259. $26.00.
In Assimilation American Style, Peter Salins mounts a strong defense of a principle which, in his view, has helped the United States become a successful nation. He sees this success manifesting itself in harmonious relations existing between the diverse groups comprising American society. Assimilation, "American style," underlies this societal harmony. This Salins defines as, ". . people of different racial, religious, linguistic, or cultural backgrounds believing that they are irrevocably part of the same national family" (p. 17). To achieve such unity, immigrants have been required to 1) adopt ...
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