MAJOR READINGS IN THE IMMIGRATION AND MIGRATION HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES

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(Slashed with HIST 62300 ) This course focuses on immigration, or more accurately, “migration,” as an important aspect of the history of the United States. It begins with an introduction to the interdisciplinary and transnational perspectives that define the study of global migration before focusing on the journeys taken by European, Latin American, Asian, and African immigrants to the United States, the often transnational lives led by these immigrants, and the communities they built within the United States. Alongside these concerns, the course will also explore how American society has historically received and reacted to immigrants.