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America is the melting pot in which all the nations of the world come to be fused into a single mass and cast in a uniform mold. — Ernest Duvergier de Hauranne, English translation entitled "A Frenchman in Lincoln’s America" [Volume 1] (Lakewood Classics, 1974), 240-41, of "Huit Mois en Amérique: Lettres et Notes de Voyage, 1864-1865" (1866).
The Melting Pot is a play by Israel Zangwill, first staged in 1908. It depicts the life of a Russian Jewish immigrant family, the Quixanos, in the United States. David Quixano has survived a pogrom, which killed his mother and sister, and he wishes to forget this horrible event. He composes an "American Symphony" and wants to look forward to a ...
Bourne felt America would grow more as a country by broadening people's views to include immigrants' ways instead of conforming everyone to the melting-pot ideal. This broadening of people's views would eventually lead to a nation where all who live in it are united, which would inevitably pull the country towards greatness.
The following is a list of the 65 music videos of the Schoolhouse Rock! series. Series overview Season Title Episodes Originally released First released Last released Network 1 Multiplication Rock 11 January 6, 1973 (1973-01-06) March 31, 1973 (1973-03-31) ABC 2 Grammar Rock 9 September 15, 1973 (1973-09-15) September 11, 1993 (1993-09-11) 3 America Rock 12 September 20, 1975 (1975-09-20 ...
American Primeval, Netflix’s most ambitious western series to date, is unusually explicit in its aim of exploring the latter theme, with results that range from astutely observant to ham-fisted ...
Beginning in the 17th century, immigrants from the United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain, Germany and France began arriving in large numbers, bringing with them new styles and instruments. African slaves brought musical traditions, and each subsequent wave of immigrants contributes to a melting pot.
"Conservatives got a hold of a clip of the astroturfed country song guy saying America is a 'melting pot' and now he's f***** cancelled. Also potentially a CIA agent," they wrote.
The use of the metaphorical phrase "melting pot" to describe American absorption of immigrants was popularised by Zangwill's play The Melting Pot, [11] a success in the United States in 1909–10. The theatrical work explored the themes of ethnic tensions and the idea of cultural assimilation in early 20th-century America.