What The World Knows About America

[Kropotkin]

Returning home don't need to have anything to do with failure. Many travelled to america to work for a limited period of time, make a lot of money, and the return home was part of the original plan.

[The Mad Monk]

Seeker, I would say that the author was not aware of the circumstances of Italian immigration--I am fairly certain that most people that haven't made a special study of the topic (as you have) are not aware either. I certainly wasn't.

In fact, I'll go as far as to say that most Americans think the concept of coming here just to make money and then go home is a fairly new one--it certainly is one of reasons heard for shutting the gates on "the new immigrants".

[Roland]

I've got one stat handy for staying rates of immigrants in the US 1908-1924; the nrs are from a private research around 1930 quoted in a history book.

jews 95 %
germans 84 %
english 81 %
polish 60 %
greek 53 %
russians 50 %
italian 45 %
romanian 34 %

The book also claims that there are no other stats available, but it's from 1977. Another tidbit is that from 1880-1889, 1,34 million brits and irish immigrated to the US, and about 370.000 left.

[Sava]

America rocks!

[Alexander's Horse]

The stats about people returning are a bit misleading. Many went to America to make money and return home with it. They never intended to stay.

[Kropotkin]

Ehh Horsie, wan't that what I just said. Well, listen to other people is not always as fun as to speak.

[MrWhereItsAt]

Good article Sprayber.

It's also probably that we hear so much of America all the time that it becomes everyone's favourite country to protest at. Familiarity breeds contempt, and if your own country has instilled some sense of patriotism in you, then America tends to be next.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Seeker
It would never enter his American thought process that pre-war Italian immigrants overwhelming came for one purpose:

Out of genuine interest, how does a non-american author have an American thought process? We haven't thrown the entire Aussie population into re-education camps, have we?

[Roland]

"Out of genuine interest, how does a non-american author have an American thought process?"

By doing America studies. Seems the exposure infested his thought process. Horrible.

[Seeker]

"jews 95 %
germans 84 %
english 81 %
polish 60 %
greek 53 %
russians 50 %
italian 45 %
romanian 34 % "

Yes 45% is more accurate. Note the Jewish stat, werry interesting, but that's a whole other story.

Yes the author probably just didn't know....so he assumed....

And we all know what happens when you assume....

You make an ASS out of U and ME...

[Cairo_East]

Originally posted by DinoDoc


Out of genuine interest, how does a non-american author have an American thought process? We haven't thrown the entire Aussie population into re-education camps, have we?

I watched the 2000 New Year's celebration on TV from Sydeney, and every song they played was an American or Canadian Rock song (Bryan Adams). EVERY song. It made me wonder why they weren't playing something more local. Perhaps it is a thought process.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Roland
By doing America studies. Seems the exposure infested his thought process. Horrible.

How is that you are seemingly immune from the effects of this "plague"?

[KrazyHorse]

It only affects those of inferior intellect.

[Dr Strangelove]

About that inverse relationship between educational level and church attendence: I attend church regularily and I'll stack my educational "level" up against any regular posrter here. Heck, I'll match it against any TWO regular posters.

[KrazyHorse]

Apparently they never bothered teaching you about the difference between statistical trends and anecdotal evidence at whatever fancy schools you attended.