Assimilation (Sociology)
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Scope of this subject
Here are entered works on the absorption of a minority group into the culture, values, and social behaviors of the dominant culture whether by force, voluntarily, or a combination of the two. Works on cultural change caused by prolonged contact between social groups, leading to a change in one or both cultures, are entered under [Acculturation.] Works on the often unacknowledged or inappropriate adoption of elements of a minority culture by members of a dominant culture are entered under [Cultural appropriation.]
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Names and connections
Cultural assimilation
- Broader: Anthropology
- Broader: Socialization
- Narrower: Americanization
- Narrower: Arabization
- Narrower: Emigration and immigration--Psychological aspects
- Narrower: Ethnic relations
- Narrower: Germanization
- Narrower: Immigrants--Cultural assimilation
- Narrower: Indigenous peoples--Cultural assimilation
- Narrower: Israelization
- Narrower: Italianization
- Narrower: Latter Day Saints--Cultural assimilation
- Narrower: Marginality, Social
- Narrower: Polonization
- Narrower: Russification
- Narrower: Sinicization
Up to 40 narrower headings are shown. Full Library of Congress authority record
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Morton address: 900733120687507008 · morton4x16-v1
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