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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,haveasmanyvariedethnicgroupscongregatedandamalgamatedastheyhaveintheUnite
2、dStates.TherearethreewavesofimmigrantstotheUnitedStatesindifferenttimesandthewavesofimmigrantshavemadegreatlycontributionstothefeaturesofAmericanpoliticalculture-individualism,egalitarianismandliberalism.DifferentculturemetintheUnitedStateslikeriversfa
3、llintothesea.TheymadetheUnitedStatesfullofvitality.【Keywords】:Immigrationwave,American,politicalcultureTheUnitedStatesiscalled“animmigrationcountry”.AccordingtothestatisticsofAmericaCensusBureauin2001,newAmericansnumberincludingthefirstgenerationimmigr
4、antsorthechildrenoftheseimmigrantscreatedthehighestrecordinitshistory:oneineveryfiveAmericans,namely,56millionAmericans,borninothercountries.Thenumberofaparentwhoborninothercountriesisabout12.7million;bothparentsareimmigrantsfromothercountriesisabout14
5、.8million.Mostforeigners,especiallytoNewYorkorWashington,areimpressedbythefeaturesofUSAimmigration"Kaleidoscope".InAmerica,youcanseedifferentpeopleindifferentcolorsandbackgroundsaretalkingwitheachotherinalanguagewhichyouneverheardbefore.1.TheDevelopmen
6、tProcessofAmericaImmigrantSocietyImmigrationtotheUnitedStatesisacomplexdemographicphenomenonthathasbeenamajorsourceofculturalchangethroughoutmuchofthehistoryoftheUnitedStates.BacktotheUnitedStates,therearethreewavesofimmigrantstotheUnitedStatesindiffer
7、enttimes.1.1TheFirstImmigrantWavetotheUnitedStates(1680-1880)ThepuritanswhomovedtotheNorthAmericantakeitasa"HopePlace".Theydescriptitasaparadise,whichattractedalargenumberofimmigrantsinEurope.TheyaremainlyfromtheUnitedKingdomandotherpeoplefromWesternan
8、dNorthernEuropeancountries.EnglishisamainlanguagetoimmigrantsandmostofthemhaveabeliefinProtestantism.BesidesEuropeans,anothermainimmigrantgroupsistheblackpeoplefromAfrica.TheyweresoldtotheWesternHemisphereand400,000peopleweresoldtoUSAte
