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MULTINATIONAL SOCIETY

PROBLEMS OF

 

 

 

PART 1

 

 

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a nation of IMMIGRANTS

 

In 1958, a young senator from Massachusetts published a book called A Nation of Immigrants. He was a wealthy and well-known American whose great-grandfather had come to the United States as a poor Irish immigrant. The author's name was John F.Kennedy, later the 35th President of the United States,

In his book, Kennedy pointed out, "Every American who ever lived ... was, either, an immigrant himself or a descendant of immigrants". This nation of more than 244 million was built bó ab­out 57 million immigrants and their descendants. They came from everywhere, bringing the skills, ambition and courage to convert a vast wilderness into a great industrial nation.



From 1820 to 1987, about 36.7 million immigrants came from Europe, 6,2 million from Asia, and 11 million, from the Americas. What made all these people leave their homelands to come to a foreign country? Said President Kennedy, "Three strong forces— religious persecution, political oppression; and economic hard­ship— provided the chief motives for the mass migrations to our shores". Whatever their reasons, this influx of people who came to live in the U.S.A. represents the largest migration that the human race has ever known.


Date: 2015-02-03; view: 856


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