Beggars in Spain

“Hawaii’s “1946 Sakada” is a study by Steffi San Buenaventura that explores the phenomena of Filipino immigrants who migrated to Hawaii to work in the sugar plantation industry. Steffi San Buenaventura begins the study discussing the history of the Filipino immigrants that migrated after World War II in 1946. The word “Sakada” refers to the Filipino men recruited by the Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Association (HSPA), thus referring to the group of Filipino immigrants the “1946 Sakadas”. The central…

Immigration is a part of our American history, so is illegal immigration. It’s an important chapter that is written anew every day of our lives. Everyone who lives here is an immigrant. Even Native Americans, who lived here before the first Europeans arrived (Morrow 5). Americans don’t realize the struggle immigrants go through to have a better life and to give their kids and family everything they couldn’t on the other side. They have to leave their families, homes, friends, and everything they…

Italian-American Assessment Americans typically use the famous rhyme “In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue” in order to remember when and by whom the United States was founded. However, people of Italian descent often look at this saying with a sense of pride due to the fact that the well-known explorer, Christopher Columbus, was Italian. Additionally, the name America stems from yet another Italian voyager, Amerigo Vespucci (Spector, 2013, p. 331). This sense of Italian pride and identity in…

In the document Oscar Handlin, Immigration Portrayed As an Experience of Uprootedness, America now has many immigrants from other countries, but tracing back to the movement of immigrants, they were mostly based on peasant society that has started in Europe. Oscar Handlin gave us a point of view of that the peasants were the basis of the European economy, many people had left their homes in order to survive or tried to find a better place to stay. According to the article, village was the…

1. Name an important social change that you have experienced, or that someone you know has experienced. Name the group and place that experienced this change, and briefly describe what changed. (Note: If you can’t think of an example that you or someone you know experienced, then choose an example of social change that has been in the news recently. The change should be one that has affected a number of people, not just a few.) One important social change that my family and I went through was…

Alhambra vases are a group of large ceramics vases painted in luster. They were produced in southern Spain in the fourteenth century. Only ten complete vases exist today. Each of these vases are named after its provenance or some distinguishing characteristics, these names are not universally accepted. These works of art were produced in the Nasrid dynasty, the last of the Muslim rulers in Spain, who reigned from 1232 to 1492. They were called the Alhambra vases because it was believed that they…

Even though illegally entering the United States involves the risk of losing one’s own life, many still have the courage to endanger themselves. Leaving loved ones behind and knowing that there is a great chance of not surviving the trip is burdensome, but it does not stop them from reaching their goal, also known as the “American Dream”. This term has a variety of definitions. Residents in other countries outside the United States, especially from Latin American, tend to use it more often. From…

new route. Spain eventually conquered and settled most of South America, the Caribbean, and the American Southwest. This was the beginning of what scholars call the new world, many scholars ask themselves is the Spanish colonization of the New World in the 16th and 17th centuries a success or not? The New World was discovered accidentally by Christopher Columbus as he was trying to find a new trade route to India by sailing west. Columbus was commissioned by the king and queen of Spain. Queen…

The concept of the “melting pot” was established during America’s earlier years of expansion, giving immigrants the notion that there were fresh opportunities in the New World. The travelling newcomers brought different languages, foods, experiences, and more into this burgeoning society. Fast-forward to today and this country is considered to be a diverse nation of individuals, but are we really? Do we deviate to try the diverse cultures around us or do we turn a blind eye and stick to…

countries gained independence from Spain, so there are many similarities within their individual cultures. Yet, both Costa Rica and Honduras have differences between themselves that makes them their own individual country. In this paper these similarities and differences will be compared and contrasted in order to help the reader understand both countries and their cultures. Costa Rica gained its independence from Spain, on the 15th of September in 1821 after Spain was defeated in the Mexican…