THE POLITICAL CULTURE OF AMERICAN IMMIGRATION (英语论文).doc

学期论文 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 the 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 fall into the sea. They made the United States full of vitality. 【Key words】:Immigration wave, American, political culture The 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 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 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 Process of America Immigrant Society Immigration to the United States is a complex demographic phenomenon that has been a major source of cultural change throughout much of the HYPERLINK /wiki/History_of_the_United_States \o History of