"This book has helped raise this field of American studies to a high level of distinction and satisfaction."
-- Nathan Glazer, New Leader
"An excellent case study in the great problem of social assimilation. One feature, among others, that stands
out clearly is its refutation of the all-too-comforting and popular notion that the American community, local or
national, has been able to accept great contingencies of foreign population without experiencing significant and
lasting modifications of its own cultural features."
