Summary Of Transitional, Old And New
As the title suggests, the article "Transitional, Old and New" by author Nancy Foner examins the transition of immagrants throughout history and today. Nancy notes immagration creates a unique blending of the culture. The migrant maintains deep rooted ties to the people and culture of their native culture, while also adapting to the culture and customs of their new home. America, and New York City in particular has been a major host of immagration throughout it's history. People leave their homes and flee to the city filled with hopes of acheving the "American Dream". Although New York served as as new home, people still longed for the mother land. This lead to the development of culture based neighborhoods, such as "Chinatown"