From Expat to Emigrant: Finding the American Dream Abroad

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dc.contributor.advisorSchaefer, Edward Alan
dc.contributor.authorKallmerten, Taeler
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-23T14:19:14Z
dc.date.available2018-05-23T14:19:14Z
dc.date.issued2018-05
dc.description.abstractThis project demonstrates how Americans migrate overseas, integrate into various cultures, and engage in transnationalism. Through a collection of data and analysis of migratory trends, this thesis provides insights on demographics and common social behaviors of Americans abroad. Moreover, this thesis provides historical background of U.S. migratory trends and a deeper look into a few biographies of famous American expatriates. This research is important because the American migratory group is significantly understudied. Professor Amanda Klekowski von Koppenfels has chosen the American migratory group as her focus. This thesis relies heavily on her book Migrants or Expatriates? Americans in Europe. Klekowski von Koppenfels uses a variety of sources in her book, including 115 interviews with Americans residing in Berlin, Paris, and London as well as a survey with 884 respondents. In my analysis I conclude that Americans are involved with politics, financially tied to America, and engaged with relationships while living abroad. Americans take part in traditions practiced back home in America and create communities through social and political organizations.
dc.description.departmentHonors College
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dc.format.extent35 pages
dc.format.medium1 file (.pdf)
dc.identifier.citationKallmerten, T. (2018). From expat to emigrant: Finding the American dream abroad (Unpublished thesis). Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/7250
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectAmerican
dc.subjectemigration
dc.subjecttravel
dc.subjectidentity
dc.subjectmigration
dc.subjectHonors College
dc.titleFrom Expat to Emigrant: Finding the American Dream Abroad
thesis.degree.departmentHonors College
thesis.degree.disciplineEnglish
thesis.degree.grantorTexas State University
txstate.documenttypeHonors Thesis

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