Twenty years after: Replicating a study of Anglo- and Mexican-American cultural values

A 1972-73 study of modern and traditional value orientations among Anglo- a nd Mexican-Americans in Lubbock, Texas, is replicated. The instrument used earlier, consisting mainly of modernity items developed by Kahl, was admini stered in 1994 to a sample of Angles and Mexican Americans (n = 757). The r esults show a convergence of the two ethnic groups on modernity scales. His panics had moved in the direction of modernity, while on several scales Ang les had become more traditional. Results are discussed in light of theories of assimilation and pluralism.