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1、BriefAnalysisonAmericanImmigrantCulture12专升本2班12106125204陈亿文[Abstract]Americaisprimarilyanationofimmigrants;theancestorsofAmericansimmigratedfrommanypartsoftheworld.Afterallthecollision,integrationinthismeltingpot,immigrantsachieveacolorfulimmigrationculturewhichcalled"Americaniza
2、tion";whileallthesekindsofcultureblendintothe"Americanization"immigrantcultureswhichshowsa"pluralistic"feature.Andthiskindofculturelaidasolidfoundationfortheformationanddevelopmentofthemainstreamoftoday’sAmericanculture.Themaincontentsofthispaperwilldiscusstheformationconnotationa
3、ndcharacteristicsofAmericanimmigrantculture.[Keywords]Americanculture;Americanization;immigrantculture;integratedpluralistic1.IntroductionEversinceitsfoundingin1776,andevenbeforethen,theUnitedStateshasattractedimmigrantsfromalmostallovertheworld.Forovertwocenturies,peoplehaveflock
4、edunderthisnation'sprotectivewingsasopportunists,refugees,andevenillegalaliens.Overtime,millionsaroundtheworldhavefoundemigratingtotheU.S.astheonlyalternativetostarvation,death,oralifefullofhardshipandsuffering.Withthousandsfromnationsspanningtheglobe,Americahasbecomeamosaicofpeop
5、le,culture,andhope.Overthepast300years,notasinglecountryliketheUnitedStatestoaccepttheculturalbackgroundisverycomplex,thelargenumberofimmigrants.WiththeStatueofLiberty—agiftfromFranceupontheUnitedStates'100thanniversary—whichsymbolizesthefreedomandthedemocracystandsonLibertyIsland
6、inNewYorkHarbor,meetsthemillionsofimmigrationstotheUnitedStatessincethelate19thcentury.IMMIGRATIONwasnothingnewtoAmericanpeople.Andnowithasbecomeauniquecountrywithmorethan100ethnicgroups'mixture.TheformationanddevelopmentoftheAmericannationisanongoingacceptanceandassimilationofimm
7、igrantsintheprocess.Theirculturepresentacomparativemixedsituation.Thus,Amerianimmigrantculturebecamedifferentfromothercultures.However,thereraisesasocialimpactontheU.S.Atthesametime,isalsochangingtoacertainextentitsowninherentlifestyle,whichworktogethertocreateauniqueculture---Ame
8、ricanimmigrantculture.Howdidthisc