John Dos Passos' Manhattan Transfer
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HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: This book began in the 1890's. Benjamin Harrison of
the Republicans was in power. The novel began by showing the problems of
immigration both from the view point of the immigrant and of the already
settled American. We are aware right from the first page that the life of
an ....
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.... men and made their lives very difficult.
They were constantly beaten by white men and found getting jobs very hard.
As well people became firebugs and often burned down buildings in which the
immigrants lived. The majority of Americans resented the immigrants because
they represented lost jobs. the only people who did like the influx of
immigrants were the rich because they represented a large pool of labour
that cost next to nothing.
America was very much separated from the rest of the w ....
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Word count: 1292
Page count: 5 (approximately 250 words per page)
