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Richard Alba

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in New York City, The United States

December 22, 1942

Died

June 04, 2025

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Richard D. Alba was an American sociologist, and a Distinguished Professor at the Graduate Center, CUNY and at the Sociology Department at the University at Albany, SUNY, where he founded the University at Albany's Center for Social and Demographic Analysis (CSDA). He was known for developing assimilation theory to fit the contemporary, multi-racial era of immigration, with studies in America, France and Germany. In 2020 he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences. ...more

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	Remaking the American Mainstream: Assimilation and Contemporary Immigration by Richard Alba, Victor Nee 3.25 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Great Demographic Illusion: Majority, Minority, and the Expanding American Mainstream really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 36 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blurring the Color Line: The New Chance for a More Integrated America 3.33 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Strangers No More: Immigration and the Challenges of Integration in North America and Western Europe by Richard Alba, Nancy Foner 3.42 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Immigration and Religion in America: Comparative and Historical Perspectives by Richard Alba (Editor), Albert J. Raboteau (Editor), Josh DeWind (Editor) 3.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ethnic Identity: The Transformation of White America 3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1990 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Italian Americans: Into the twilight of ethnicity 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1984 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Next Generation: Immigrant Youth in a Comparative Perspective by Richard Alba (Editor), Mary Waters really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Children of Immigrants at School: A Comparative Look at Integration in the United States and Western Europe by Richard Alba (Editor), Jennifer Holdaway (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ethnicity and Race in the U.S.A.: Toward the Twenty-First Century liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1985 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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