immigration

In the 1950s, Americans typically viewed most foreign cultures as backwards and doomed to destruction/ needing to be Americanized. I even remember a Disney book about foreign cultures predicting that progress would eliminate the cultures described in the book so readers had a reason to...

"Maurits Pasques de Chavonnes (1654–8 September 1724) was governor of the Cape of Good Hope from 1714 till 1721." Part 1: Free Families From The Fatherland Three centuries ago, on 24 June 1716, a very important letter arrived from Amsterdam in Cape Town; a letter that would change the future...

In real life, most Americans claim German heritage, which is most likely mixed with other ethnicities like Irish and English, but people seem to be reclaiming German heritage at the moment. Meanwhile, although Italian Americans are a large group at around 17 million, they don't seem to be as...