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Part 1: Then
Introduction
1Lecture and Discussion: Where is Immigration History?

Amazon logo Holt, Hamilton, ed. "The Life Story of an Irish Cook." In The Life Stories of Undistinguished Americans: As Told By Themselves (1906). Expanded ed. New York, NY: Routledge, 1999. ISBN: 9780415925105.

Amazon logo Jen, Gish. "Who's Irish?" In Who's Irish: Stories. New York, NY: A. A. Knopf, 1999, pp. 1-16. ISBN: 9780375406218.

Amazon logo Daniels, Roger. Guarding the Golden Door: American Immigration Policy and Immigrants since 1882. New York, NY: Hill and Wang, 2004, pp. 1-58. ISBN: 9780809053438.

Lawrence
2Lecture: European Migrants at the Turn of the CenturyAmazon logo Watson, Bruce. Bread and Roses: Mills, Migrants, and the Struggle for the American Dream. New York, NY: Viking, 2005, pp. 1-118. ISBN: 9780670033973.
3DiscussionAmazon logo 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
4Lecture: Asian Immigrants at the Turn of the CenturyAmazon logo 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.
5DiscussionAmazon logo 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
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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.

7Film: Farmingville

Farmingville. Directed by Catherine Tambini and Carolos Sandoval. 2003.

PBS Web site on Farmingville

Tampa
8Lecture and Discussion: The World of Caribbean Migration

Amazon logo Mormino, Gary R., and George E. Pozzetta. The Immigrant World of Ybor City: Italians and Their Latin Neighbors in Tampa, 1885-1985. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1986, pp. 1-42 and 63-141. ISBN: 9780252013515.

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
9Lecture and Discussion: The Border/Nuestra America

Amazon logo Johnson, Benjamin Heber. Revolution in Texas: How a Forgotten Rebellion and Its Bloody Suppression Turned Mexicans into Americans. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003. ISBN: 9780300094251.

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
10Lecture: Was the Great Migration Great?Amazon logo 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.
11Discussion

Amazon logo Lemann, Nicholas. The Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How It Changed America. New York, NY: A. A. Knopf, 1991, pp. 1-221, finish reading. ISBN: 9780394560045.

Kirby, Jack Temple. "The Southern Exodus: A Primer for Historians." Journal of Southern History 49 (November 1983): 585-600.

Hollywood
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Discussion (cont.)

Film: The Jazz Singer

The Jazz Singer. Directed by Alan Crosland. 1927.

Please see readings for Ses #10-11.

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Film: The Jazz Singer (cont.)

Discussion

The Jazz Singer. Directed by Alan Crosland. 1927.

Amazon logo Ewen, Elizabeth. Immigrant Women in the Land of Dollars: Life and Culture on the Lower East Side, 1890-1925. New York, NY: Monthly Review Press, 1985, pp. 207-224. ISBN: 9780853456827.

Amazon logo Ross, Steven J. Working-Class Hollywood: Silent Film and the Shaping of Class in America. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1997, pp. 1-33. ISBN: 9780691032344.

The Lower East Side
14Lecture: Remembering Ethnicity in an Age of MulticulturalismAmazon logo Diner, Hasia R. Lower East Side Memories: A Jewish Place in America. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2000, begin reading. ISBN: 9780691007472.
15DiscussionAmazon logo 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

Zagat Restaurant Guide

Fung Wah Bus Company

National Museum of the American Indian

African Burial Ground, New York City

Five Points: Urban Archaeology of Nineteenth-Century New York

Museum of Jewish Heritage

Part 2: Now
The "New" Immigration
16Lecture and Discussion: What's New about "New Immigration"?

Amazon logo Daniels, Roger. Guarding the Golden Door: American Immigration Policy and Immigrants since 1882. New York, NY: Hill and Wang, 2004, pp. 129-268. ISBN: 9780809053438.

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.

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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
18Lecture: American Imperialism and Filipino/a ExperienceAmazon logo Choy, Catherine Ceniza. Empire of Care: Nursing and Migration in Filipino American History. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2003, pp. 1-57. ISBN: 9780822330899.
19DiscussionAmazon logo 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
20-21Discussion

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

22Guest 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).

Amazon logo Watson, Bruce. Bread and Roses: Mills, Migrants, and the Struggle for the American Dream. New York, NY: Viking, 2005, pp. 241-258. ISBN: 9780670033973.

23LawrenceAmazon logo D'Ambrosio. Paul S. Ralph Fasanella's America. Cooperstown, NY: Fenimore Art Museum, 2001. ISBN: 9780917334269.
24Paper Meetings(no readings)
25Student 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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