Read this passage from My Antonia. One result of this family solidarity was that the foreign farmers in our county were the first to become prosperous. After the fathers were out of debt, the daughters married the sons of neighbours-usually of like nationality-and the girls who once worked in Black Hawk kitchens are to-day managing big farms and fine families of their own; their children are better off than the children of the town women they used to serve. What does this passage show about immigrants as compared to native born farmers

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17 August, 11:29

Read this passage from My Antonia. One result of this family solidarity was that the foreign farmers in our county were the first to become prosperous. After the fathers were out of debt, the daughters married the sons of neighbours-usually of like nationality-and the girls who once worked in Black Hawk kitchens are to-day managing big farms and fine families of their own; their children are better off than the children of the town women they used to serve. What does this passage show about immigrants as compared to native born farmers

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Kira Sharp · Answer 1

It describes foreing-born farmers as more prosperous than native-born farmers.

The increased prosperity is explained by industriousness, because the farmers are described as having large farms that are complex to manage, by strategic in-group marriages, because the foreign farmers marry their daughters to people of the same ethnic background, who own property and have a good financial position, and financial stability, because the foreign farmers no not default on their debts.