- Immigration, Ethnicity, and Race in American History

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This course examines the historic dimensions of American diversity and political, economic, and social tensions. It will examine the experience of African Americans, Native Americans, waves of European immigrants, and immigrants from around the world. Periods of nativist hostility to foreigners, pressures for assimilation, and economic stresses of industrialization, urbanization, and a post-industrial economy will be addressed.