In 1906, Upton Sinclair published his novel The Jungle portraying the immigrant workers in the meat industry. ... Immigrants, particularly low-education immigrants (many of whom are unauthorized), are more responsive than natives to the business cycle" (Orrenius 97). ... In Brain Drain Revisited, Carrington explains how immigration increases the GDP of the country receiving immigrants. ... Carrington implies in theory, by allocate people (immigrants) to a country where wage is high, human resource will functioning at maximum output level to provide the optimal benefits to the country rece...

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Pulitzer Prize winner, Juhmpa Lahiri, effectively conveys the theme of the alienation experienced by immigrants assimilating into a new place and the exposure of two cultures, relative to how one's 'home' reflects on their identity in the novel, The Namesake. This bildungsroman novel, set in both India and America and which follows a Bengali family's attempts at assimilating within American culture, portrays this theme throughout. ... Her children, for whom assimilation comes more naturally and represent the next generation of immigrants, influence Ashima's alienat...

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Ethnic assimilation has existed since the birth of the American Dream as immigrants have traveled across land looking for opportunity within the United States. ... In the novel "Bone", the author Fae Myenne Ng depicts the representation of assimilation of an ethnic minority through the main character Leila and her family. The novel speaks to the development of the notion that the transition from China to America brings upon estrangement that can bear pains and gains for Asian American families and through Leila's interactions with her family and the relationship she has with the...

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More than a century later, in 1680, the colonies would begin experiencing successive waves of immigrants from the countries of northwestern Europe and the arrival of African slaves, and the cultural and demographical impact would be enormous. While some European immigrant groups lacked adequate numbers to avoid English assimilation (the Huguenots), others came to America in sufficient numbers to retain a unique ethnic identity that would impact American culture as a whole. ... The only two European immigrant groups that remained isolated were the Germans and the Jews "the Germans being ...

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Capitalizing on the new wave of European immigrants into the United States after the war ceased in 1820 were concert saloons. Saloons offered a form of escape in the form fun, drinking, and entertainment for these immigrants who were often struggling to find work, poorly paid, and living in cramped quarters. ... Vaudeville programs "have reflected, and sometimes anticipated, the life and fashions of the times" and "the vaudeville managers find these fads profitable, because of the theatergoer's desire for something new or novel" ("History of," 1926). ...

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Beginning Teachers in Singapore are increasingly confronted by various challenges in implementing novel introductions and amendments in the education system; one of which is the Character and Citizenship Education (CCE). ... Besides this, in the last decade, Singapore has seen an inflow of immigrants in search of better work opportunities, living environments and educational pursuits. ...

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