For over a hundred years, the story of assimilation has animated the nation-building project of the United States. And still today, the dream or demand of a cul

Salins argues that assimilation is part of a larger American social compact that has flourished throughout our history, and to abandon it now would destroy the

In this age of multicultural democracy, the idea of assimilation--that the social distance separating immigrants and their children from the mainstream of Ameri

The (not-so-strange) strangers in their midst -- Salsa and ketchup : cultural exposure and adoption -- Spotlight on white : fade to black -- Living with differe

This book provides a systematic treatment of the mathematical underpinnings of work in data assimilation, covering both theoretical and computational approaches