Saint Patrick's Battalion, a unit of hundred immigrants of European descents, joined Mexican Army and fought against United States in Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848. Why did those immigrant soldiers desert U.S. and assist their enemies? The success of United States invasion and control...
Anything long from JLM can be relied upon to be like the Curate’s egg – some brilliant and some less so :)The introductory thoughts on the origins of the Republic are terrific. Throw in the treatment of the native Americans and the way waves of immigrants were discriminated against rather...
The American Dream drove not only 1800s gold-rush prospectors but also waves of immigrants throughout that century and the next. People from Europe and a large number of Chinese arrived in the US in the 19th century hoping that in America they would find gold in the streets. But most ...
Slightly less than half were born in the U.S. (48%). Immigrants had lived, on average, 22.40 years (SD = 12.92) in the U.S. Overall, 12.9% of Latino male participants endorsed at least one depressive symptom, 4.9% endorsed at least one anxiety symptom, 6.7% endorsed at least one ...
perceived discrimination and mental illness, higher levels of acculturation led to a significant increase in discrimination’s association with mental illness [79]. We found that immigrants also benefited from the protective effect of educational level against discrimination; however, the effect is less ...