Reviewed by Aarti Bhalodia | Reviews | Journal of American Ethnic History, 28.3

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Asian American Assimilation: Ethnicity, Immigration, and Socioeconomic Attainment. By C. N. Le. New York: LFB Scholarly Publishing, 2007. vii + 251 pp. Tables, appendix, bibliography, and index. $65.00 (cloth).

In this volume of the series, "The New Americans," edited by Steven J. Gold and Rubén G. Rumbaut, C. N. Le argues convincingly for not treating Asian Americans as a monolithic entity. Using data from the 2000 Census and the 1990 and 1980 Integrated Public Use Microdata Samples, Le compares Vietnamese American assimilation to that of other Asian American groups along socioeconomic, residential, occupational, cultural, and social vectors. Vietnamese assimilation is distinctive from that of other Asians as the former originally came to the United States as refugees. Due to these circumstances, Vietnamese Americans have developed cultural and socioeconomic characteristics that are distinctive to their community, which underscores the importance of studying variances in patterns of Asian American assimilation.

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