Upper class cultural revivalists such as WB Yeats in London, and first generation emigrants from the west of Ireland in the US, knowing they were unlikely to return, created an Ireland of the mind, green and welcoming and ancient.
Some of the Miziarans who venture out of the country don't come back, which is why Joseph Chagoury has started to offer money to second- or third-generation emigrants to return to the village, discover their culture, and apply for Lebanese citizenship.
Cape Verde may share with the rest of West Africa a substantial risk of liver cancer, retained by first generation emigrants (London and McGlynn 1996; Parkin et al. 2003).
That strong connection with second- and third-generation Irish emigrants is apt, Mr. Murch said, because Irish emigrants helped preserve traditional music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when musicians here were unappreciated and had few outlets to perform.
The first generation of emigrants clung to a harshly Calvinist value system.
"These are first-generation entrepreneurs.
Cruz is a first-generation citizen.
The Chinese talent is first-generation.
"This was a first-generation product.
I'M a first-generation American.
