Here are entered works on the often unacknowledged or inappropriate adoption of elements of a minority culture by members of a dominant culture. Works on cultural change caused by prolonged contact between social groups, leading to a change in one or both cultures, are entered under [Acculturation.] Works on the absorption of a minority group into the culture, values, and social behaviors of the dominant culture whether by force, voluntarily, or a combination of the two are entered under [Assimilation (Sociology)]