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…is a poverty-stricken immigrant laborer, and Jane Eyre, an orphan. These characters lived during the middle to the end of the nineteenth century, in completely distinct worlds, yet all had their creativity stifled by society. Similarly, Djuna Barnes poem…

…of Formosa was once a Dutch trading center. Then it became a part of the Chinese province of Fukien in 1683. With this Chinese began immigrating. In 1895, Formosa was ceded to Japan. The Japanese realized the agricultural potential of the island. They built roads…

…of the people. Extra concern grew out of the fact that not only had the Rosenbergs gained access to high security documents, but that they were also American-born citizens, not immigrants. The fear that possibly more spies ‘disguised’ as American citizens existed…

…to the unfair punishments, to the defendants. Black life is a constant ordeal, and the country is likened to a private club with glorious opportunities, options, and choices for white and, seemingly more recently, oriental immigrants. People who remain…

…, the real push for a separation between church and state came in the 1860's and 1870's. Bigots like Senator James G. Blaine were aghast at the number of Catholic immigrants entering the country. Blaine fought for a constitutional amendment to bar any public funds…

…the United States, Australia has a written constitution. The Australian constitution defines the responsibilities of the federal government, which include foreign relations and trade defense and immigration. The Australian government is boasting that it has gone…

…Americans to be placed into internment camps throughout the war. Thousands were uprooted from home and businesses that were never fully regained. In addition, the United States turned away many immigrants that were trying to flee from Hitler. Thought…

…to understand what Chi felt when she was thrice dislocated that first as an immigrant and second as a transsexual changing her name to Minh, and third as a runaway. Few days before I moved out to another apartment and we have not contacted so far. I had to take care…

…. Now Article VII of the Civil Rights Act encompasses all new immigrants, Asian Americans, and Hispanics. These aforementioned groups, which have no significant history of being discriminated against here, in the United States, are entitled…

…at the same time it extended the vote to black males, both Stanton and Anthony said and wrote a number of surprising things about former slaves and immigrants. In her introduction, Gordon refers to this tendency but prefers to concentrate on what the papers tell us…