BELOW IS AN EXCERPT FROM THE ESSAYThe Immigrant Experience in the American
West Annotated Bibliography Choate, Mark I. “The Frontier
Thesis in Transnational Migration: The US West in the Making of Italy Abroad,” Immigrants
in the Far West: Historical Identities and Experiences, edited by Jessie L.
Embry and Brian Q. Cannon. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2014,
363-381.Mark
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BELOW IS AN EXCERPT FROM THE ESSAY
The Immigrant Experience in the American
West Annotated Bibliography
Choate, Mark I. “The Frontier
Thesis in Transnational Migration: The US West in the Making of
Italy Abroad,” Immigrants
in the Far West: Historical Identities and Experiences, edited by Jessie L.
Embry and Brian Q. Cannon. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2014,
363-381.
Mark
Choate in the article tries to address the significance of America far west to
the Italian immigrants. The focus is majorly on the Italian diaspora that
occurred in 1880 and the First World War. These were probably the first Italians
to settle in America’s west. According to the article, the West was both a
fanciful image in Italian culture as well as a prominent destination. Millions
of Italians emigrated from Italy and settled in the American West. However, the
experience of the Italians that settled in the West was different from that of
other immigrants. The Italian government was determined to cultivate ties with
the Italians in the diaspora. Hence, what the government did was to subsidized
schools for the Italian language, enhances remittances to home country through
the Bank of Naples as well as organizing exhibitions back at home to celebrate
the immigrant's accomplishments in the diaspora. Besides, several hundreds of
Italian societies and clubs flourished in the West due to the support,
blessing, and guidance from the home country government. Thus, in the article,
the author suggests that the influence of the home country government dictated
so much in the immigrants’ experience. Those immigrants that lacked support from
their government faced serious challenges than those supported.
Crocker, Rebecca.
"Emotional Testimonies: An Ethnographic Study of Emotional Suffering
Related to Migration from Mexico to Arizona." Frontiers in Public Health 3 (2015):177.
Scholars
have exploited the immigration topic for a long time; however, some areas are
not given attention. Besides, the histories, cultural, economic, and social
problems that immigrants normally encounter, little have been done to explore
the health experiences and challenges that immigrants go through. Rebecca
Croker beats the odds by examining the psychological experiences that
immigrants in Arizona go through. More specific, the author examines the
emotional experiences and the impacts it has on the health status of the
immigrants. As per the author, social and economic inequalities tend to affect
the overall health and the only way such disparities are transmitted into the
body is through adverse emotions that harbors both psychological and
physiological responses. Hence Mexican immigrants living in Arizona were
exposed to stressors. Some of the vulnerabilities that cause emotional
challenges to immigrants include deportation, pre-immigration, family
separation, the status of being undocumented and extreme poverty. What results
is that the immigrants connect the hardships to emotional trauma. Therefore,
the experiences that immigrants go through are more than just social and
cultural but also health wise.
Embry, Jessie L., Brian Q. Cannon. Immigrants in the Far West: Historical
Identities and
Experiences. Salt
Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2015.
In four hundred and eighty-five pages, Jessie Embry
and Brian Cannon showcase cutting-edge research and innovative approaches that
contemporary researchers and scholars have been employing to the study of
immigration. The book is composed of a number of essays all telling different
stories about immigration in the American West. As per the two authors, the
American West is frequently overlooked regarding the issue of immigration.
Since time in memorial, American West has been and is still an important destination
for immigrants. Embry and Cannon suggest that the unique combination of races
and ethnicities in the west together with political
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