This website focuses on Chinese Immigration to the United States.
http://nhs.needham.k12.ma.us/cur/kane98/kane_p3_immig/china/china.html
The website stresses the importance of the chinese immigration in the development of America. I praise this website for the depth of knowledge it provides, as a student based website. It mentions the traditional issue of American assimilation, used in order to civilise the so-called 'uncivilised' i.e Native Americans. It mentions here that it was not possible to undertake this process due to their different language and customs, yet this later became possible due to pursuit of 'Americanization' for the immigrants. It mentions about the 'chinatowns' (Chinese Ghettos) used to segregate the Chinese in 'major cities' and 'isolated areas' It also refers to the various contributions the Chinese made in developing America as a country including the 15,000 assigned with the task of building the 'transcontinental railroad 1869'. The immigration Act of 1964, opening the doors of opportunity for Chinese immigrants.
The website rather identifies the 'Chinese Americans' as a representation of Asian Americans. It somewhat overlooks the contributions of Japanese and Korean Americans to the country, it is also quite long-winded for students, yet there are pictures and a bibliography for reference.
Thursday, 25 February 2010
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