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    As one of the economic super power nation‚ the United States of America is a place where many immigrants leave their homeland to come to. Among all these immigrants group‚ Chinese immigrant is a huge percentage throughout history and the first group of Chinese immigrants into American dates back to between 1849 and 1882. During that period of time‚ Chinese citizens felt civil disorder‚ poverty‚ and suffering in their homeland under Qing dynasty in 1840s. In order to escape the absoulte monarchy‚

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    Chinese Negotiators

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    into the negotiation process‚ so as we will see in this brewery negotiation occurred‚ Chinese negotiators do it specially valuing time patient and trustful relationships with the opposite party. Peter Benjamin the one involved within a huge and large negotiation analyze in here‚ mentions the importance of considering between many other things that we will also point out ‚ “the patriotic duty over all for Chinese negotiators”‚ so considering that he has implement successfully agreements with them

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    Chinese American History

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    The first Chinese immigrants arrived in 1820 according to U.S. government records. 325 men are known to have arrived before the 1849 California Gold Rush[12] which drew the first significant number of laborers from China who mined for gold and performed menial labor.[13][14][15] There were 25‚000 immigrants by 1852‚ and 105‚465 by 1880‚ most of whom lived on the West Coast. They formed over a tenth of California’s population. Nearly all the early immigrants were young males with low educational levels

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    19th Century Immigrants

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    people live farther away from their downtown workplaces.” (pg. 701) America greatly prospered‚ resulting in many immigrants being attracted to it. Many newcomers from Europe arrived in America‚ causing the number of immigrants to raise “from just under 3 million annually in the 1870s… [to] 9 million annually in the first decade of the twentieth century.” (pg. 704) This new surge of immigrants was not well received by “nativists‚’ racists who believed that Anglo-Saxon Americans

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    History Paper 1877 - 1900

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    Over the years of 1877 to the 1900’s many changes were occurring. The Southern cities were changing faster than anyone could’ve imagined with new transportation‚ growing industries‚ and the end of slavery. Not to mention‚ the changing role of women. In the New South by the year 1880‚ steel and iron mills were progressing across the North. Railroad construction was fast paced in the 1880s. Comparing 1880 to 1890 the tracks had doubled with Texas and Georgia having the biggest growth. In 1886‚ an

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    My Life As An Immigrant

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    Jobs are hard to find since many jobs require high school and college diplomas which many immigrants do not have. My grandparents‚ my uncles and my mom did not know any English‚ so getting a job was difficult. Who would want to hire non-English speaking immigrants? They had very few options. The only option that they had was housekeeping at motels and hotels which required no or very little English. They spent their days cleaning

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    that was explosive and history-altering. Immigrants came from all over the world in search of new jobs‚ lives‚ and opportunities; some came out of force‚ due to their poverty-stricken countries. Although they had made the journey‚ most immigrants had difficulty assimilating or being accepted into American society. These immigrants faced a series of oppression and hardships that were challenging. Racial discrimination and rejection were not uncommon; immigrants encountered social inequalities and injustices

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    Chinese Literature

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    INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS 9 ISBN 17-253-3313Sb -2 11 1 111 90000 ol 2 336 69 Chinese Literature‚ Ancient and Classical by Andre Levy translated by William H. Nienhauser‚ Jr. Indiana University Press Bloomington and Indianapolis This book is a publication of Indiana University Press 601 North Morton Street Bloomington‚ Indiana 47404-3797 USA www.indiana.edu/–iupress Telephone orders 800 842 6796 Fax orders 812-855-7931 Orders by e mail iuporder@indiana.edu - 2000

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    Legally speaking‚ an American citizen is defined as someone who is “born or naturalized in the United States.” However‚ is the true meaning of an American simply a textbook definition? Although the “Irish who built the canals‚ the Chinese who built the railroads‚ [and] the many Latinos who clambered over construction sites” may have been from lands afar‚ they all shared one commonality; the goal to better not only themselves but also our country as a whole. Being an American is not only having legal

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    Despite the argument that in the beginning of the 1900’s‚ Canada’s immigration policy was the most unrestrictive one‚ compared to those of other nations‚ from a history student’s point of view in 2007‚ the "Open Door Policy" seems to have been quite selective about who it allowed entry into Canada. The fundamental factor that made the Canadian immigration policy a major hindrance to many types of people who wanted to emigrate was the prejudice with which the Canadians developed many beliefs. One

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