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Voyer, Andrea; Kline, Zachary D.; Danton, Madison; Volkova, Tatiana – Sociological Methods & Research, 2022
This article presents a computational approach to examining immigrant incorporation through shifts in the social "mainstream." Analyzing a historical corpus of American etiquette books, texts from 1922-2017 describing social norms, we identify mainstream shifts related to long-standing groups which once were and may currently still be…
Descriptors: Immigrants, United States History, Discourse Analysis, Acculturation
Wong, Vivian Wu; Matsusaka, Yoshihisa Tak – 1998
Using primary source documents, this teaching unit focuses on the problems Chinese immigrants had in the United States during the late 19th century. Each of three lessons presents issues regarding the decision of Chinese immigrants to come to the United States and their subsequent exclusion from and struggles to assimilate into the U.S. society.…
Descriptors: Chinese, Chinese Americans, Cultural Isolation, Discriminatory Legislation