Milton Gordon (sociologist)

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Milton Gordon (b. 1918) is an American sociologist. He is most noted for having devised a theory on the Seven Stages of Assimilation. ^[1]

1 Acculturation: new comers adopt language, dress, and daily customs of the host society (including values and norms)
2. Structural assimilation: large-scale entrance of minorities will enter cliques, clubs and institutions in the host society.
3. Marital assimilation: widespread intermarriage.
4. Identification assimilation: the minority feels bonded to the dominant culture.
5. Attitude reception assimilation refers to the absence of prejudice and discrimination.
6. Behavior reception assimilation refers to the absence of prejudice and discrimination.
7. Civic assimilation occurs when there is an absence of values and power struggles.

[edit] Bibliography

America as a multicultural society
special editor of this volume, Milton M. Gordon
Publisher: Philadelphia : American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1981.

Assimilation in American life: the role of race, religion, and national origins
Publisher: New York, Oxford University Press, 1964.

Human nature, class, and ethnicity
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1978

The Scope of Sociology
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1988.

"Assimilation in Native and immigrant groups"
speical editor, Andres Suarez
Seminar presented june 9th, 2008, london, Ontario