Assessing immigrant assimilation: New empirical and theoretical challenges

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 31, Issue , 2005, Pages 105-125

  Waters, Mary C ^a   Jiménez, Tomás R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Generation; Immigrant gateways; Immigration; Incorporation

Indexed keywords

EID: 24644498586     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.soc.29.010202.100026     Document Type: Review

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