Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/198146 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Citation: 
[Journal:] CES Working Papers [ISSN:] 2067-7693 [Volume:] 3 [Issue:] 4 [Publisher:] Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Centre for European Studies [Place:] Iasi [Year:] 2011 [Pages:] 556-562
Publisher: 
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Centre for European Studies, Iasi
Abstract: 
This article analyses the contribution of the second wave of immigrants to the United States to the formation of the young American people. Unlike other states, the USA is a nation founded on waves of immigrants coming from different parts of the world. This paper includes the second wave of immigrants in US history in the four waves and presents the migration of the Irish and Germans to the USA at the middle of the 19th century. They had an important contribution to the increase of American population and were a source of consumption and workforce for agriculture and various industries.
Subjects: 
immigration
Irish immigrants
German immigrants
potato crisis Romania
JEL: 
J11
N31
N33
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Document Type: 
Article

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