Monthly Archives: March 2011
Response No. 5
Time is money. When facing desperate situations promising either life or death, every present action explicitly affects the future. Immigrants to America quickly realized that they had to portion both their time and money wisely in order to ensure the … Continue reading
Response 3/8/11
When reading Chin’s “When Coethnic Assets Become Liabilities: Mexican, Ecuadorian, and Chinese Garment Workers in New York City”, I was struck back at how accurately her observations applied to my own family. Before my parents came to America, my grandmother … Continue reading
Response- 3/8
In response to Eden’s question, despite the lower wages women received for their work, I think that the status of women began to change from the Victorian era. For example, certain parts of the readings shared a common theme of … Continue reading
Response #5 (For 3/8/11)
I actually had to go back and check the syllabus after reading both Jacqueline and Eden’s sparks, to make sure that we WERE supposed to read chapter 4 of Foner this week. I say that because that chapter brought about … Continue reading
Response – March 8
The question that Eden posed is a very good one, and actually one that I had been wondering about myself while reading. I think that the role of women definitely changed as time went on and conditions got worse, but … Continue reading
Spark 3/8- Immigrant Labor, Work and Economy
Immigrants could not be picky when it came to jobs—even if it meant occupations offering the lowest salaries. Many immigrants faced unstable employment; often times, they did not have jobs during the winter season. In Five Points, for example, “chronic … Continue reading
Spark 3/8
One of the most grueling jobs that immigrants suffered through was the garment shops, which to me sounded slightly nicer than sweat shop. After doing all the readings (which started to blend together after a while in my head so … Continue reading
