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Bush, John Ellis ("Jeb")

(Encyclopedia) Bush, John Ellis ("Jeb"), 1953- , American politician and businessman, b. Midland, Tx, Univ. of Texas, Austin (B.A., 1974). Bush is ...

alien

(Encyclopedia)alien, in law, any person residing in one political community while owing allegiance to another. A procedure known as naturalization permits aliens to become citizens. Each nation establishes conditio...

naturalization

(Encyclopedia)naturalization, official act by which a person is made a national of a country other than his or her native one. In some countries naturalized persons do not necessarily become citizens but may merely...

civics

(Encyclopedia)civics, branch of learning that treats of the relationship between citizens and their society and state, originally called civil government. With the large immigration into the United States in the la...

Frederiksen, Mette

(Encyclopedia)Frederiksen, Mette, 1977–, Danish political leader. A Social Democrat, she was first elected to Denmark's parliament in 2001, and later served as employment minister (2011–14) and justice minister...

Monterey Park

(Encyclopedia)Monterey Park, city (1990 pop. 60,738), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a growing residential suburb of Los Angeles; inc. 1916. It is a wholesale, retail, and financial services center. With the immigratio...

Arch, Joseph

(Encyclopedia)Arch, Joseph, 1826–1919, English labor leader, a Primitive Methodist preacher. He founded the National Agricultural Labourers Union in 1872 and became its president. In 1873, Arch visited Canada and...

Hansen, Marcus Lee

(Encyclopedia)Hansen, Marcus Lee, 1892–1938, American historian, b. Neenah, Wis. He spent almost four years in Europe gathering material for his studies on immigration. For The Atlantic Migration, 1607–1860 (19...

Americanization

(Encyclopedia)Americanization, term used to describe the movement during the first quarter of the 20th cent. whereby the immigrant in the United States was induced to assimilate American speech, ideals, traditions,...

Solberg, Erna

(Encyclopedia)Solberg, Erna, 1961–, Norwegian political leader, grad. Univ. of Bergen (1986). She was first elected to the Norwegian parliament in 1989. As minister of local government and regional development (2...