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" Acculturation comprehends those phenomena which result when groups of individuals having different cultures come into continuous first-hand contact, with subsequent changes in the original cultural patterns of either or both groups. "
Internal Colonialism: The Celtic Fringe in Bristish National Development - Page 25
390 pages
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Assimilation in American Life: The Role of Race, Religion and National Origins

Milton M. Gordon - Social Science - 2010 - 287 pages
...Linton, and Melville J. Herskovits, declared that acculturation comprehends those phenomena which result when groups of individuals having different cultures...first-hand contact, with subsequent changes in the original cultural patterns of either or both groups.2 2 Robert Redfield, Ralph Linton, and Melville f . Herskovits,...
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The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 1

W. B. Fisher, William Bayne Fisher - History - 1968 - 832 pages
...described by Linton, Redfield and Herskovitz in 1936 as comprehending 'those phenomena which result when groups of individuals having different cultures...in the original culture patterns of either or both groups'. It is a narrower term than 'culture change1, which would include internally generated change,...
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Historical Archaeology in Nigeria

Kit W. Wesler - History - 1998 - 380 pages
...(Bateson 1972a:62). According to the memorandum, "Acculturation comprehends those phenomena which result when groups of individuals having different cultures...in the original culture patterns of either or both groups" (Redfield et al. 1936:149). The committee made a distinction between acculturation and culture...
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Handbook of Immigrant Health

Sana Loue - Medical - 1998 - 680 pages
...Redfield, Lintion, and Herskovits defined acculturation as "comprehending those phenomena which result when groups of individuals having different cultures...first-hand contact, with subsequent changes in the original cultural patterns of either or both groups" (quoted in Cuellar, Arnold & Maldonado, 1995, p. 278)....
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Arabs in America: Building a New Future

Michael Suleiman - Social Science - 2010 - 369 pages
...Acculturation Process: Assimilation or Integration? Broadly defined, acculturation refers to the changes that occur when "groups of individuals having different...first-hand contact, with subsequent changes in the original cultural patterns of either or both groups."10 How an immigrant reacts to his or her new situation...
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I, Too, Am America: Archaeological Studies of African-American Life

Theresa A. Singleton - Social Science - 1999 - 388 pages
...199o). Acculturation generally refers to "those phenomena [cultural traits or complexes] which result when groups of individuals having different cultures...first-hand contact, with subsequent changes in the original cultural patterns of either or both groups" (Herskovits 1941:1o). Melville Herskovits, a pioneer in...
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Asian/American: Historical Crossings of a Racial Frontier

David Palumbo-Liu - Social Science - 1999 - 522 pages
...Research Council. According to this report, acculturation "comprehends those phenomena which result when groups of individuals having different cultures...first-hand contact, with subsequent changes in the original cultural patterns of either or both groups."1 This definition has the uncommon merit of noting the...
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Frontiers of Historical Imagination: Narrating the European Conquest of ...

Kerwin Lee Klein - History - 2023 - 394 pages
...phenomena which result when groups of individuals having different cultures come into continuous first hand contact, with subsequent changes in the original culture patterns of either or both groups." Acculturation was a part of culture change, and assimilation was "at times a phase of acculturation."...
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Handbook of Multicultural Counseling

Joseph G. Ponterotto - Psychology - 2001 - 948 pages
...mannet: "Acculturation comprehends those phenomena which result when groups of individuals sharing different cultures come into continuous first-hand...in the original culture patterns of either or both groups" (p. 149). Three decades later, Graves (1967) coined the term psychological acculturation to...
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Handbook of Organizational Learning and Knowledge

Meinolf Dierkes, Ariane Berthoin Antal, John Child, Ikujiro Nonaka - Business & Economics - 2003 - 1012 pages
...Redfield, Linton, and Herskovits (1936) as follows: Acculturation comprehends those phenomena which result when groups of individuals having different cultures...first-hand contact, with subsequent changes in the original cultural patterns of either or both groups. Under this definition acculturation is to be distinguished...
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