MIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION

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Using a wide variety of sources- novels, documentaries, photographs, paintings, and music -this course will study the experiences of immigrants and migrants in the United States from 1800 to the present. We will examine the differing levels of racial and ethnic prejudice each group faced, the efforts of migrants and immigrants to retain close knit communities, the importance of "old world" experiences and culture, the underlying reasons for migration, and the urban and industrial contexts within which migrations occurred. Considerable emphasis will be placed on the gender dimensions of migration and other historiographical questions.