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1、学期论文题 目： THE POLITICAL CULTURE OF AMERICAN IMMIGRATION 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】: As we all know, the United States is a nation of immigrants. Never before, and in no other country, have as many varied ethnic groups congregated and amalgamated as they have in th
2、e United States. There are three waves of immigrants to the United States in different times and the waves of immigrants have made greatly contributions to the features of American political culture-individualism, egalitarianism and liberalism. Different culture met in the United States like rivers
3、fall into the sea. They made the United States full of vitality. 【Key words】:Immigration wave, American, political cultureThe United States is called “an immigration country”. According to the statistics of America Census Bureau in 2001, new Americans number including the first generation immigrants
4、 or the children of these immigrants created the highest record in its history: one in every five Americans, namely, 56 million Americans, born in other countries. The number of a parent who born in other countries is about 12.7 million; both parents are immigrants from other countries is about 14.8
5、 million. Most foreigners, especially to New York or Washington, are impressed by the features of USA immigration Kaleidoscope. In America, you can see different people in different colors and backgrounds are talking with each other in a language which you never heard before. 1. The Development Proc
6、ess of America Immigrant SocietyImmigration to the United States is a complex demographic phenomenon that has been a major source of cultural change throughout much of the history of the United States.Back to the United States, there are three waves of immigrants to the United States in different ti
7、mes.1.1 The First Immigrant Wave to the United States (1680-1880) The puritans who moved to the North American take it as a Hope Place. They descript it as a paradise, which attracted a large number of immigrants in Europe. They are mainly from the United Kingdom and other people from Western and No
8、rthern European countries. English is a main language to immigrants and most of them have a belief in Protestantism. Besides Europeans, another main immigrant groups is the black people from Africa. They were sold to the Western Hemisphere and 400,000 people were sold to USA territory of the colonie
9、s.1.2 The Second Immigrant Wave to the United States (1900-1920) After the civil war ended, American needs a lot of labor with the development of city and industry. The second immigrant waves mainly came from southern, central and Eastern Europe with the main body of Italy, Hungary, Poland and Russi
10、an immigrants. Most of these migrants from the countryside and they are Catholics, Orthodox Christians or Jews, which created a undoubtedly shock. 1.3 The Third Immigrant Wave to the United States (1965-) In 1965,the America carried out the immigration law and between 1961 and 1984 it has passed a s
11、eries of refugee laws. The relaxation of immigration policy has brought third waves of immigration. During this period of time, the immigrants from many other fields and countries. According to statistics, 34% from Asia, 34% from Latin America, 16% from Canada. America is a country of immigrants. It
12、 has hundreds of thousands of immigrants per year. Immigrants from different countries constitute the main American population, and new immigrants still changing America racial and ethnics constitution of population.2. Typical Features of American Immigration Political CultureAccording to the politi
13、cal scientist Almonds point of view, the political culture is a political system (state or national) basic political tendency. As a nation of immigrants, American political culture originated from the Puritan tradition and learned from the European culture, especially much British political culture.
14、 The formation of American political culture has its historical contingency.2.1 IndividualismIndividualism is a theme and characteristic in America political culture, individualism has formed the main content of America culture mode. It is a most eloquent and direct expression of the America thought
15、. Connotation and extension rooted in the Native American, which is not only different from the Hebrew and Greek tradition but also different from European thought in the eighteenth Century. Individualism occupies an important position in America political culture. The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America proposed truth which stands for individualism values at first. Individuali
