Resisting the melting pot: The long term impact of maintaining identity for Franco-Americans in New England

Approximately 1 million French-Canadians moved to the United States, mainly between 1865 and 1930, and most settled in neighboring New England. In 1900 almost a fifth of all persons born in French Canada lived in the U.S. These migrants exerted considerable efforts to maintain their language and to replicate their home country institutions, most notably the schooling system, in their new country. For decades, this resistance to assimilation generated considerable attention and concern in the U.S. The concerns are strikingly similar to those often invoked today in discussions of immigration from Hispanic countries, notably Mexico. Mexicans may not be assimilating into mainstream America as European immigrants did. We look at the convergence in the educational attainment of French Canadian immigrants across generations relative to native English-speaking New Englanders and to European Roman Catholic immigrants. The educational attainment of Franco-Americans lagged that of their fellow citizens over a long period of time. By the time of the 2000 Census, they appear to have largely achieved parity. The effects of World War II, especially military service, were very important in speeding up the assimilation process through a variety of related channels: educational attainment, language assimilation, marrying outside the ethnic group, and moving out of New England. Economic assimilation was very gradual because of the persistence of ethnic enclaves.     

选区激光熔化技术在模具制造中的应用

选区激光熔化技术依据随形冷却模具具备的直接成型、制造周期短、性能优良等特点,被广泛应用于模具的生产制造。文章从选区激光熔化技术的工艺特点、随形冷却模具的设计原则、模具原材料的选择、成型精度控制以及成型件力学性能等方面,对该技术在模具制造中的应用进行了系统的研究和探讨。这对模具企业采用选区激光熔化技术进行模具制造具有重要的指导意义。     

农民工融入城市社会的制约因素与路径分析

“城乡分治”的二元社会结构、城市的社会歧视、各种正式组织对农民工的关注和容纳不够、农民工社会网络关系的匮乏及自身的局限性是造成农民工难以融入城市社会的原因。为了提升农民工在城市的社会经济地位,促进其与城市的融合,我们应该破除城乡分割的二元社会形态,清除并杜绝任何针对农民工的歧视性和排斥性政策与做法,将农民工纳入其居住的社区和所在地区的工会组织中,实现农民工社会关系网络由内聚式团体网络向开放式团体网络的转变,加强对进城农民工的引导和教育。     

The Symbolism in the The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby depicted a tragedy story in which the infatuated man was abandoned and betrayed by the heartless woman. It＇ sthetale of those times, which is considered as the procession of roaring American Dream, prosperous American Dream and weak American Dream. The Great Gatsby profovndly exposed the reasons why the American Dream collapsed in the Jazz Age. The indifferent, unconcerned, selfish human nature was thoroughly and vividly shown when people were indulged in the money wnrshitp.     

生长在心里的故事

金秋的暖阳打在身上,重庆市南川区白沙镇大竹村年满65岁的老农田茂均脸上泛出一片兴奋的古铜红,他手扶锄把给我们解释啥叫CSA蔬菜基地,“CSA”让他这个月又多领了300元工资,他说他家共有3亩地,收入却是以前的5倍.“这真得好好感谢市人口计生委!”同田茂均一样,自从重庆市人口计生委与白沙镇结对共建以来,村民心里和嘴里便生长出了许多故事.     

The dollar in the turmoil

We study the impact of the global financial crisis on the equilibrium exchange rate of the US dollar. We first simulate the impact of the crisis on the US net foreign asset position. Then, we calculate the equilibrium value of the dollar according both to a BEER and to a FEER approach. We find the case for a strong, although temporary, depreciation of the dollar even more acute than before the crisis. This suggests that the strength of the dollar in late 2008 and early 2009 may be short-lived.     

故事里的变迁

老曹进城了。武陵山深处的农村老家,那栋刚翻新的小楼,其中的一部分租给了从城里过去租地种植辣椒的老板。     

西部少数民族环境保护意识研究

西部少数民族在长期实践中形成了丰富的环境保护意识,几乎渗透到了人们生产生活所及的所有生态圈和资源领域。这种思想有别于西方的和中国传统的生态伦理学理论。在西部开发中,为了更好的保护和利用资源、实现西部的生态价值,保护和发扬本地区固有环境保护意识对于我国环境立法具有重要的借鉴意义。     

远去的城,远去的人

意外: 网络发现百张重庆抗战老照片 2009年2月13日上午,像每一个平凡的日子.华龙网社区编辑罗宁习惯性地打开单位的网页,一天的工作开始了.     

山里孩子有梦想

2013年12月7日,来到市少年宫参加第四届重庆少儿校外科普文化节的孩子们,通过科普体验秀、创意纸模制作、球幕电影展播等有趣的活动感知科学、感受艺术.与往届不同的是,此次活动主题为“梦想课堂·宫校联线”,特意邀请了曾参加过在江津举办的首次梦想课堂的部分小朋友,也来“品尝”这场丰富多彩的科普活动大餐.今年10岁的胡在静是江津嘉平镇中心小学4年级学生,在老师的带领下,她与小伙伴们围坐在一起,参加了一场科普体验秀.     

梦萦大草原

8月上旬,我和朋友到呼伦贝尔草原采风,那感觉真的和以前迥然不同。今年雨水大,水肥草美,牛肥马壮。而我们去时天公搞魔幻,所到之处要么是晴空万里,风和日丽;要么就是刚才还乌云滚滚,电闪雷鸣,大雨滂沱,一会儿功夫却艳阳高照,彩练当空,白云翻卷。阔别了呼伦贝尔草原16年,今日归来,看到呼伦贝尔这片热土天翻地覆的变化,心里自然别是一番滋味。     

The situation in the Russian economy

This article, written for a Project LINK international conference, looks at the medium-term growth trends of the Russian economy and analyzes the stability potential and crisis points of the prevailing economy reproduction model.The forecasting part examines measures used in three growth scenarios: “economic activism of the state,” “support of business” (both subject to a lasting favourable foreign economic situation), and “adaptive” (for the case of a fall in oil prices). The authors come to the conclusion that in the current situation, a greater growth potential is associated with the scenario of “economic activism of the state,” which envisions, in particular, investment in projects lessening infrastructural constraints on growth.     

遥远的童谣

小时候觉得快乐很容易,男孩子只要能做一把木头枪就可以带着一条街的小伙伴们到处冲杀,并有一种英雄的满足感当然,如果你能拉一手胡琴或吹几声口琴,就不愁没有女孩子围在你的身边.     

从"高朴私鬻玉石案"看乾隆时期的商业"合伙"

文章通过乾隆四十三年 ( 1 778)九月清廷开始查办的“高朴私鬻玉石案” ,研究了 1 8世纪中国的“合伙”。作者认为 ,当时合伙之间的地位与关系 ,在一定程度上决定于谁拥有资金与管理技术 ,短时间内甚至是同时存在着东、伙之间的替换与易位。合伙人之间关系的确立有时抛弃了地缘与血缘关系 ,而建立在纯粹契约关系之上。     

梦萦大草原

8月上旬,我和朋友到呼伦贝尔草原采风,那感觉真的和以前迥然不同.今年雨水大,水肥草美,牛肥马壮.而我们去时天公搞魔幻,所到之处要么是晴空万里,风和日丽;要么就是刚才还乌云滚滚,电闪雷鸣,大雨滂沱,一会儿功夫却艳阳高照,彩练当空,白云翻卷.阔别了呼伦贝尔草原16年,今日归来,看到呼伦贝尔这片热土天翻地覆的变化,心里自然别是一番滋味.     

废墟中的一城气质

气质不仅仅华丽于阳光之下,对于一座城池来说,月光之静美,更能抒发它的神秘气质,蓝而深幽,比白日更盛大。同样的,气质不仅仅存在于存在之中,对于一座城池来说,废墟之上或之下,埋藏着秘密,也埋藏着气质。著名建筑评论家方振宁一直关注废墟背后的秘密,他眼里的废墟主要有两类。一种是被遗弃的遗址,比如有军事用途的岛屿,废弃了留下很     

E时代的保险营销

随着信息技术和Internet的发展，电子商务作为信息技术革命的产物赋予了保险营销以新的内涵，网上保险营销将成为时代发展的必然。本文分析了网上营销的可行性与必然性，构想了网上营销的实施方式，提出了实行网上营销战略存在的问题及解决方案。     

黄金投资热中之选

投资界里,信任危机正在珠宝金饰行业里蔓延。一个月前,在北京工商局曝光的56款不合格黄金饰品名单中,周生生、每克拉美、瑞景行、百利金等知名企业都“光荣”上榜,要么是含金量不足,要么是虚假标注。     

涌动在心间的泉

离开家乡生活工作在外的人,对家乡都有一种永远割舍不开的情感。从1968年上山下乡到现在,我离开济南已经42年了。不管何时何地,只要看到淙淙的溪流,听到泉水的叮咚,便油然想到家乡的泉,仿佛又徜徉在济南那些大大小小的泉水旁边,那样亲切,那样让人流连,甚至做梦都常常和家乡的泉水相关联。