One hundred years ago, the united states took in immigrants and asked them to assimilate their diverse cultural heritages into the american cauldron dubbed the "melting pot." today, which factors of technology allow immigrants to be more of a "salad bowl"—able to retain their strong cultural ties to their countries of origin without completely surrendering them to prevalent american culture?

In the past, it has been recorded that Americans would asked immigrants to assimilate their cultural heritage in what was described as the "melting point". Today, advances in technology have allowed immigrants to retain the cultural ties rather than surrender them to the American culture. One of these advances is the easy access to global communication. This factor has made it possible to continue to be in touch with your cultures with the increasing means of communication. Also, cheaper air travel is another factor that has made it easy for immigrants to continue to be in touch with their home countries and its cultures.

Explanation:

answer: musical connotation

leonard b. meyer (1918-2007) was an american composer, author and philosopher. his work emotion and meaning in music is perhaps the first major treatise on music. it is a philosophical and psychological work, greatly influenced by koffka (one of the major proponents of gestalt psychology). his work deals with the problem of musical meaning and musical communication.