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…buildings are a privilege offered in the inner city, in the outskirts houses merely serve the purpose of providing shelter. Districts two and five are depicted as dull working-class areas with high immigrant populations. Housing conditions are very poor…

…the establishment of the Sierra Club, many of its future leaders and supporters were traveling the mountains of California and sharing with others the wonders they found there. Muir was chief among these early wilderness explorers and visionaries. An immigrant who had…

…of all Americans, the American dream. Hundreds of thousands of immigrants come into this country every year to reach the same goal, to get rich. If people smoke all the time it is not going to change people's goals. We are a hard working industrious society…

…immigrants of the time. These dialects serve not only to tell about the various forms of the Chinese language in Vancouver at the time but they also reveal Poh-Poh's history and past status through the dialects that she knows, "The old one had a wealth of dialects…

…Andy Warhol, the American painter, printmaker, illustrator, and filmmaker was born in Pittsburgh on August 6, 1928, shortly afterwards settling in New York. The middle son of immigrant, Czech parents, Andy finished high school and went on to the Carnegie…

…levels. Schools are trying to educate the slow learners, the handicapped, the gifted, the affluent and poor, plus millions of immigrants and refugees who do not understand English. Most youngsters will not take rigorous courses or work hard at school because…

…. This became so popular that in 1792 the first vaudeville theatre opened in Paris. Although it's origins were in Europe, Vaudeville really became an art form in America specifically New York and the East Coast where immigrants of all nationalities would converge…

…, style, customs, culture, school, family and even your language. It's an experience I've had to go through and hated since I have memory. When I was 4 years old my parents had immigrated into the U.S. because of our economical situation. I have barely any…

…created immigration quotas for each country, with discrimination (i.e. lower quotas) towards eastern and southern European countries. The State Department was afraid that incoming European refugees could be spies; they even tried to get Latin American…

…of Turkish Cypriots were forced to immigrate to other countries. The policy of bringing Turkish settlers to the invaded area brought such changes to the demographic situation that there are a lot more illegal settlers now than 'proper' Turkish Cypriots…