Analytical Assignment #1 According to document 1 and document 2 in “New Americans” Riis and Rocco Corresca have some similarities and differences with their descriptions of Italians in many of ways. As well as in document 3 and document 4 Riis and Lee Chew have some similarities and differences with their descriptions of the Chinese in many ways.
When Riis talks about the Italian’s he makes a comment, “…Italian immigrants who claims so large a share of public attention, partly because he keeps coming at such a tremendous rate…” (pg.60) refers to the huge number of Italians coming to America. Similarly when Corresca first gets to American he was sharing a room with fifteen other men who were already there (pg.64); therefore backing up Riis’s