What does the term immigrant mean

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What does the term "immigrant" mean?

When considering the concept of 'immigrant' and drawing from both personal perspectives and research, you are tasked to compose a brief essay delving into what the term signifies to you(ownwords) and examining the key attributes of the immigration journey portrayed in your readings research.

It's essential to acknowledge the diversity of immigrant experiences and the various factors contributing to these disparities, shedding light on how these differences enrich our understanding of immigrant history in the United States.

When crafting your essays, you are encouraged to utilize sources you trust, including dictionaries and Wikipedia, as long as the viewpoint expressed remains your own. The aim is to articulate your thoughts, particularly influenced by the primary source and scholarly secondary readings provided below. This essay should be two doublespaced pages in length.

Read:

Ilan Stevens, "Introduction" (to immigrant lit anthology)
Frethorne through J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur
Richard Frethorne, "Letter to His Mother and Father" (1623)
Thomas Tillam, "Upon the First Sight of New England" (1638)
James Revel, "The Poor Unhappy Transported Felon's Sorrowful Account of His Fourteen Years Transportation at Virginia in America" (1659-1680)
Gottlieb Mittelberger, from Journey to Pennsylvania (mid-1700s)
J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur's "What is an American?" (1782)

Olaudah excerpt

Olaudah Equiano, Interesting Narrative excerpt (1789, chapter II)
The following chapters from Keywords for American Cultural Studies
Kirsten Silva Gruesz, "America" (critical essay, not immigrant lit)
Eithne Luibheid, "Immigration" (critical essay, not immigrant lit)
Roderick A. Ferguson, "Race" (critical essay, not immigrant lit)
Pamela Perry, "White" (critical essay, not immigrant lit)

Read:

Jacob Riis, The Making of an American excerpt (1901)
Abraham Cahan, Rise of David Levinsky (1910s, Book V chs 1 & 2, link)
Edith Maude Eaton, "Mrs. Spring Fragrance" (1912)
Mary Antin, The Promised Land excerpt (1912)
Charles Chaplin, Charlie Chaplin's Own Story excerpt (1916)
Anzia Yezierska, "Children of Loneliness" 1923)
Ludovico Caminita, On the Island of Tears: Ellis Island excerpt (1924)

View:

The photo gallery, immigration from 1880-1920; these are mainly images from Ellis Island and photos taken by Jacob Riis (Riis was an immigrant and a reformer-photographer whose work captured the miseries of tenement living and child labor)

Additional hundreds of photos available through Getty

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