An Annotated Bibliography

Grunland, Stephen A., and Marvin K. Mayers. "Enculturation and Acculturation." Cultural Anthropology Reading:. SNU.EDU. Web. 17 Apr. 2012. <http://home.snu.edu/~hculbert/encultur.htm>.

This is an academic article published  by a the Christian southern Nazarene University. The article focuses on the concept of being born with instinct and the difference between learning a culture from birth- enculturation. The article attempts to define when a newborns culture is defined. It discusses child training, habituation, education, the life cycle as recognized by specific cultures, and finally Acculturation- the embracing of a new culture or assimilation. This article seems well researched and its researchers have a background in cultural anthropology yet since it is a Christian university they use specific examples evolving Jesus Christ and God, narrowing their academic audience to Christians.
Alba, Richard D., and Victor Nee. "Chapter One: Rethinking Assimilation." Remaking the American Mainstream: Assimilation and Contemporary Immigration. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 2003. Print.

This is an academic book source published by a Harvard University publishing group.I only have the first chapter available online with Google Books but it defines cultural assimilation and places the term in context of an academic debate on whether assimilation is seen as negative to immigrants coming to America or if they still can maintain their cultural diverse backgrounds. This books discusses the history and changing views of cultural assimilation into the U.S. and how U.S. culture is in turned changed by multiple diverse cultures immigrating into the U.S.

Le, C.N. "The Fundamentals of Ethnic Identity." Assimilation & Ethnic Identity : Asian-Nation. Web. 17 Apr. 2012. <http://www.asian-nation.org/assimilation.shtml>.

This source comes from highly educated Asian-American. While this source is resembles a blog complete with comments from his audience the articels Le writes are very academic, along with his impressive academic background makes his post almost purely academic. In this article he defines Ethnic Identity with multiple definitions and key words including: primordial, situational, resurgent, and emergent. From this complete definition of ethnic identity he draws the connection between ethnic identity and cultural assimilation.