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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.Thereareth
2、reewavesofimmigrantstotheUnitedStatesindifferenttimesandthewavesofimmigrantshavemadegreatlycontributionstothefeaturesofAmericanpoliticalculture-individualism,egalitarianismandliberalism.DifferentculturemetintheUnitedStateslikeriversfallintothesea.TheymadetheUnitedStates
3、fullofvitality.【Keywords】:Immigrationwave,American,politicalcultureTheUnitedStatesiscalled“animmigrationcountry”.AccordingtothestatisticsofAmericaCensusBureauin2001,newAmericansnumberincludingthefirstgenerationimmigrantsorthechildrenoftheseimmigrantscreatedthehighestrec
4、ordinitshistory:oneineveryfiveAmericans,namely,56millionAmericans,borninothercountries.Thenumberofaparentwhoborninothercountriesisabout12.7million;bothparentsareimmigrantsfromothercountriesisabout14.8million.Mostforeigners,especiallytoNewYorkorWashington,areimpressedbyt
5、hefeaturesofUSAimmigration"Kaleidoscope".InAmerica,youcanseedifferentpeopleindifferentcolorsandbackgroundsaretalkingwitheachotherinalanguagewhichyouneverheardbefore.1.TheDevelopmentProcessofAmericaImmigrantSocietyImmigrationtotheUnitedStatesisacomplexdemographicphenomen
6、onthathasbeenamajorsourceofculturalchangethroughoutmuchofthehistoryoftheUnitedStates.BacktotheUnitedStates,therearethreewavesofimmigrantstotheUnitedStatesindifferenttimes.1.1TheFirstImmigrantWavetotheUnitedStates(1680-1880)ThepuritanswhomovedtotheNorthAmericantakeitasa"
7、HopePlace".Theydescriptitasaparadise,whichattractedalargenumberofimmigrantsinEurope.TheyaremainlyfromtheUnitedKingdomandotherpeoplefromWesternandNorthernEuropeancountries.EnglishisamainlanguagetoimmigrantsandmostofthemhaveabeliefinProtestantism.BesidesEuropeans,anotherm
8、ainimmigrantgroupsistheblackpeoplefromAfrica.TheyweresoldtotheWesternHemisphereand400,000peopleweresoldtoUSAte
