http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/being-american Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:57:45 -0400 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:57:45 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/176/immigration-and-what-it-means-to-be-an-american By Brian Richards - On the eve of the 19th century, in 1781, French-American immigrant Hector St. Jean de Crevecoeur wrote a letter, the third in his famed Letters from an American Farmer, entitled “What Is An American?” His answer, as open for interpretation as it might be, was best been articulated in his fourth paragraph: “The American,” he writes, “is a new man, who acts upon new principles; he must therefore entertain new ideas, and form new opinions” (2). Two centuries later, however, American journalist James Fallows wrote an article entitled “Immigration: How It&rsquo... Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:54 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/176/immigration-and-what-it-means-to-be-an-american