Syllabus
SPECIAL ADVISORIES CLASS SCHEDULLE AND READING FOR MEETINGS:
Attendance is mandatory. Attendance will be taken each class meeting. I do not give incompletes.
Jan. 21 Introduction, Review syllabus; possible topics for term paper 23 Review of historiography of migration 28 Europe - the source of immigrants 30 Pre-1880 migrations. READ: Gabaccia, Immigrant and American Diversity, Ch. 1
Feb. 4 Pioneers of immigration: Irish, Germans, and Scandinavians. READ: Daniels, Coming to America, Ch. 6 6 Coming of East Europeans. Discussion of "Old" and "New" migration. READ: Daniels, Ch. 8. 11 Film: The Immigrant experience: the Poles-30 minutes 13 Consultation of selected topics 18 Minorities from other countries 20 Assimilation 25 Immigration in fiction writing: Rolvaag, Cather. 27 Case study: Czechs come to the USA
Mar 4 Rural Immigration 6 Immigrants in the cities I 11 Immigrants in the cities II 13 Legislation to exclude, Nativism-old and new 25 Test review 27 Test
Apr 1 Post-WWI immigration, Legislation 3 1920s and Immigration. 8 The door closes 10 Pre-WWI exoduses of refugees 15 Japanese experiences 17 Post- WW II immigration, legislation 22 Displaced persons 24 Waves of refugees, geopolitical considerations (Cuba vs. Haiti) 29 Illegal immigration
May 1 Presentations 6 Presentations 8 Review for the final examination
Annotation
RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVE:
Various ethnic groups inhabit the United States, Europe and other parts of the world. The United States is a laboratory of multicultarism and Europeans need to learn from the American experiment. But-do Americans themselves know much about all the ethnic groups living on the North American continent? Do they know much about the emigration countries? What were the reasons why people desired to come to the United States? Have the immigrants have always been welcome by the receiving country? These will be some of the questions the course will attempt to answer. We shall look at different attitudes and approaches to the subject of multiculturalism and migration at different times since 1880.