| SES # | TOPICS | READINGS |
|---|---|---|
| Part 1: Then | ||
| Introduction | ||
| 1 | Lecture and Discussion: Where is Immigration History? |
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| Lawrence | ||
| 2 | Lecture: European Migrants at the Turn of the Century |  Watson, Bruce. Bread and Roses: Mills, Migrants, and the Struggle for the American Dream. New York, NY: Viking, 2005, pp. 1-118. ISBN: 9780670033973. |
| 3 | Discussion | Watson, Bruce. Bread and Roses: Mills, Migrants, and the Struggle for the American Dream. New York, NY: Viking, 2005, pp. 119-240. ISBN: 9780670033973. |
| Chinatown | ||
| 4 | Lecture: Asian Immigrants at the Turn of the Century | Shah, Nayan. Contagious Divides: Epidemics and Race in San Francisco's Chinatown. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2001, pp. 158-203 and 225-258. ISBN: 9780520226296. |
| 5 | Discussion | Shah, Nayan. Contagious Divides: Epidemics and Race in San Francisco's Chinatown. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2001, pp. 158-203 and 225-258. ISBN: 9780520226296. |
| Mapping Lawrence, Mapping Chinatown | ||
| 6 | Multimedia Resources Informal Student Presentations | Kazal, Russell. "Revisiting Assimilation: The Rise, Fall, and Reappraisal of a Concept in American Ethnic History." American Historical Review 100 (April 1995): 437-471. Gabaccia, Donna R. "Is Everywhere Nowhere?: Nomads, Nations, and the Immigrant Paradigm of United States History." Journal of American History 86 (December 1999): 1115-1134. |
| 7 | Film: Farmingville | Farmingville. Directed by Catherine Tambini and Carolos Sandoval. 2003. |
| Tampa | ||
| 8 | Lecture and Discussion: The World of Caribbean Migration |
Students will read and report on one additional chapter from chapters 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. Gabaccia, Donna. "Gli Italiani nel Mondo: Italy's Workers around the World." OAH Magazine of History 14 (Fall 1999): 12-16. |
| The Border | ||
| 9 | Lecture and Discussion: The Border/Nuestra America |
The book is fairly long, but there are ways to focus your reading. The Introduction, as always, is very useful. Chapter 1 is particularly useful for the history of south Texas - definitely read it, but don't worry too much about the details. Chapters 2 and 3 give you background on the Tejano/a community and the Mexican Revolution - if you skim anywhere, skim here. Chapters 4-7 are the heart of the book. "Some Events in the History of Mexico and the Border." Journal of American History 86 (September 1999): 453-455. |
| Chicago | ||
| 10 | Lecture: Was the Great Migration Great? | Lemann, Nicholas. The Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How It Changed America. New York, NY: A. A. Knopf, 1991, pp. 1-221, begin reading. ISBN: 9780394560045. |
| 11 | Discussion |
Kirby, Jack Temple. "The Southern Exodus: A Primer for Historians." Journal of Southern History 49 (November 1983): 585-600. |
| Hollywood | ||
| 12 | Discussion (cont.) Film: The Jazz Singer | The Jazz Singer. Directed by Alan Crosland. 1927. Please see readings for Ses #10-11. |
| 13 | Film: The Jazz Singer (cont.) Discussion | The Jazz Singer. Directed by Alan Crosland. 1927.
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| The Lower East Side | ||
| 14 | Lecture: Remembering Ethnicity in an Age of Multiculturalism | Diner, Hasia R. Lower East Side Memories: A Jewish Place in America. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2000, begin reading. ISBN: 9780691007472. |
| 15 | Discussion | Diner, Hasia R. Lower East Side Memories: A Jewish Place in America. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2000, finish reading. ISBN: 9780691007472. |
| Trip to New York City | Lower East Side Tenement Museum Museum of the Chinese in America National Museum of the American Indian African Burial Ground, New York City Five Points: Urban Archaeology of Nineteenth-Century New York | |
| Part 2: Now | ||
| The "New" Immigration | ||
| 16 | Lecture and Discussion: What's New about "New Immigration"? |
The reading is incredibly informative but a little dry. For the purposes of our discussion, you might want to read pp. 219-268 first and then read the other chapters later. |
| 17 | Film: The New Los Angeles Brainstorming for Collaborative Research Project | The New Los Angeles. Directed by Lyn Goldfarb. Part 3, California and the American Dream. 2005. (no readings) |
| Manila/Chicago | ||
| 18 | Lecture: American Imperialism and Filipino/a Experience | Choy, Catherine Ceniza. Empire of Care: Nursing and Migration in Filipino American History. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2003, pp. 1-57. ISBN: 9780822330899. |
| 19 | Discussion | Choy, Catherine Ceniza. Empire of Care: Nursing and Migration in Filipino American History. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2003, pp. 93-192. ISBN: 9780822330899. |
| Collaborative Research Project: U.S. - Mexico Border Relations | ||
| 20-21 | Discussion | Skerry, Peter. "How Not to Build a Fence." Foreign Policy (September/October 2006). The Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras Binder, Norman E., J. L. Polinard, and Robert D. Wrinkle. "Mexican American and Anglo Attitudes Toward Immigration Reform: A View From the Border." Social Science Quarterly 78 (1997): 324-337. "U.S. - Mexico Relations." CQ Researcher (November 2001): 11-29. "Illegal Immigration." CQ Researcher (May 2005): 15-17. This includes a summary of what we know about whether migration is keeping down wages in the U.S. "Policing the Borders." CQ Researcher (February 2002): 12-7. This is mostly about homeland security and terrorism, but could be useful for us generally. Balli, Cecilia. "The Border Is Wide: Guarding the Southern flank of the American Dream." Harpers Magazine (October 2006). Migrant Photos and Minutemen Photos from the Border Film Project U.S. Customs and Border Protection Optional: Arizona Border Watch Recommended: U.S. - Mexico Border Issues from the Smithsonian Institution Libraries' Collections |
| 22 | Guest Lecturer: Raúl Rubio on the Cuban-American Experience | Rubio, Raúl. "Discourses of/on Nostalgia: Cuban America's Real and Fictional Geographies." Letras Hispanas 3, no. 1 (Spring 2006). ———. "Materializing Havana and Revolution: Cuban Material Culture." Letras Hispanas 3, no. 1 (Spring 2006).
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| 23 | Lawrence | D'Ambrosio. Paul S. Ralph Fasanella's America. Cooperstown, NY: Fenimore Art Museum, 2001. ISBN: 9780917334269. |
| 24 | Paper Meetings | (no readings) |
| 25 | Student Presentations on U.S.-Mexico Border Relations | (no readings) |
| Conclusion | ||
| 26 | Film: My Big Fat Greek Wedding | My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Directed by Joel Swick. 2002. (no readings) |
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