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Abraham Cahan's The Rise of David Levinsky

was very young, so young in fact that he had only a couple of fleeting memories of him. His mothers life was hard yet she managed...

Corruption and Political Machines of New York City

political; in fact, religion and settlement had a great deal to do with the manner by which political machines eventually overran ...

Immigrant Development in Camara Laye's Radiance of the King

while. It was the first time he had witnessed one of the native dances, and the novelty and strangeness of this rather barbaric sp...

Anton Shammas and Being a Palestinian in America

of that pool of your created, acquired and invented memories" (Shammas 24). A.s Palestinian father belonged with the roughly 800,...

Immigrant Cultural Identity in Jose Antonio Villarreal's Pocho

home from school one day, looks at his house, and notes the following: "On the floor of the living room, where two of the girls sl...

'Amerka, Amerka' by Anton Shammas

(ICA), Shammas was literally forced to view some "nature" while in the Southwest, which resulted in what sounds like a miserable t...

A Short Sweet Dream of Eduardo Guttierez by J. Breslin

the contractors were building shoddy buildings, and nobody was getting reported for any of it. Of course Guttierez had no knowled...

Nursing Assistants and Multicultural Education

several problems with recent immigrants, however. These include language barriers, not having completed a GED, limited healthcare...

Overview of Political Machines and Immigrants

As a matter of a fact, for a time, it did appear that a new age might be dawning for the political machine because of the dire nee...

Immigrants and America's Borders

and cons must be heavily weighed before any legislation is passed. The arguments against opening borders to immigrants have been ...

U.S. Immigration and Illness

female immigrants with matrons present but in 1914, two women doctors had been hired to conduct exams for female subjects (2000)....

The Immigration of Arabs to the U.S.

this period of time came from Syria, which includes those territories that we know better today as Jordan, Israel, and Lebanon(Naf...

'British Stiff Upper Lip'

Jewish immigrants. People like Bob Hope, who was born in England, have contributed richly to our culture. Charlie Chaplin, also f...

Symbolism of the Coyote in The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle

waxed Japanese car with personalized plates" hits Candido on a road going through the canyon (Boyle 3). While the lives of these t...

Canada's Immigrant Women, Prenatal and Postnatal Health Care

issues along a continuum of health and good health is defined as a "state of complete physical, mental and social well-being" (Ada...

California Immigration and William A. Clark's The California Cauldron

fifteen years in particular, California has changed dramatically in its demographic makeup. Clark explores the changes in laws an...

Canada and the Adaptation of Immigrant Children

peer groups( Samuel and Verma, 1992). As the extent of this list implies, immigrants and their children make up a population of pe...

Overview of the U.S. Immigration of Mexicans

that occurred as a direct result of Mexican immigration were both vast and far-reaching, with gender issues residing near the top ...

Culture Clash in The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down

as intimate terms, yet knowing little about their culture, has always seemed a shame. But, there were no individuals who this read...

American Immigration Theories

(Handlin 75). This was also the reason, although Handlin doesnt state it as such, that immigrants tended to feel more comfortable ...

European Migration to Great Britain and Reasons

migrate e.g. work, family, escape persecution. In addition we find that these economic reasons are further supported by economic...

Immigrant Writers on Acculturation and Assimilation

sentimentality but her readership was attracted to such tales of courage, determination and, most important of all, success in Ame...

The 1999 Shooting of Amadou Diallo in New York City

In a paper consisting of five pages the shooting of an immigrant by four policemen in NY is examined through the critical analysis...

Proposition 187 in California

This report consisting of ten pages examines a 1994 voter initiative that prevented children of immigrants from public school atte...

American Literature's Portrayal of Immigrant Families

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the way immigrant families are presented in Brown Girl, Brownstones by Paule Marsh...

U.S. and Chinese Immigration Patterns

In 12 pages this paper discusses Chinese immigration patterns in America as described in Ethnicity and Entrepreneurship Immigrant...

History of Irish Immigration

the nationalist movement Sinn Fein was formed, in an attempt to establish once and for all a separate Irish parliament, with its o...

Bread Givers by Anzia Yezierska

In a paper consisting of five pages this autobiographical text is considered in terms of a female Polish immigrant coming to Ameri...

Migration of Eastern, Central, and Southern Europe

precedent of open heart/open door mentality, the melting pot is finally boiling over; in fact, it has been overflowing for several...

El Salvador and Immigration to the United States

In five pages this paper examines why Salvadorian immigrants relocate to the U.S. and which regions have the greatest ethnic conce...