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1、学期论文题目：THEPOLITICALCULTUREOFAMERICANIMMIGRATION学院：外国语学院专业：英语系姓名：学号：指导教师：完成日期：2014.11.30【Abstract】:Asweallknow,theUnitedStatesisanationofimmigrants.Neverbefore,andinnoothercountry,haveasmanyvariedethnicgroupscongregatedandamalgamatedastheyhaveintheUnitedStates.Therearethreewavesofimmigrant

2、stotheUnitedStatesindifferenttimesandthewavesofimmigrantshavemadegreatlycontributionstothefeaturesofAmericanpoliticalculture-individualism,egalitarianismandliberalism.DifferentculturemetintheUnitedStateslikeriversfallintothesea.TheymadetheUnitedStatesfullofvitality.【Keywords】:Immigrationw

3、ave,American,politicalcultureTheUnitedStatesiscalled“animmigrationcountry”.AccordingtothestatisticsofAmericaCensusBureauin2001,newAmericansnumberincludingthefirstgenerationimmigrantsorthechildrenoftheseimmigrantscreatedthehighestrecordinitshistory:oneineveryfiveAmericans,namely,56millionA

4、mericans,borninothercountries.Thenumberofaparentwhoborninothercountriesisabout12.7million;bothparentsareimmigrantsfromothercountriesisabout14.8million.Mostforeigners,especiallytoNewYorkorWashington,areimpressedbythefeaturesofUSAimmigration"Kaleidoscope".InAmerica,youcanseedifferentpeoplei

5、ndifferentcolorsandbackgroundsaretalkingwitheachotherinalanguagewhichyouneverheardbefore.1.TheDevelopmentProcessofAmericaImmigrantSocietyImmigrationtotheUnitedStatesisacomplexdemographicphenomenonthathasbeenamajorsourceofculturalchangethroughoutmuchofthehistoryoftheUnitedStates.BacktotheU

6、nitedStates,therearethreewavesofimmigrantstotheUnitedStatesindifferenttimes.1.1TheFirstImmigrantWavetotheUnitedStates(1680-1880)ThepuritanswhomovedtotheNorthAmericantakeitasa"HopePlace".Theydescriptitasaparadise,whichattractedalargenumberofimmigrantsinEurope.TheyaremainlyfromtheUnitedKing

7、domandotherpeoplefromWesternandNorthernEuropeancountries.EnglishisamainlanguagetoimmigrantsandmostofthemhaveabeliefinProtestantism.BesidesEuropeans,anothermainimmigrantgroupsistheblackpeoplefromAfrica.TheyweresoldtotheWesternHemisphereand400,000peopleweresoldtoUSAte