The Places of Migration in United States History

Readings

• 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.
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• Jen, Gish. “Who’s Irish?” In Who’s Irish: Stories . New York, NY: A. A. Knopf, 1999, pp. 1-16. ISBN: 9780375406218.
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• 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.
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• SES #: 2 · TOPICS: Lecture: European Migrants at the Turn of the Century · READINGS: Watson, Bruce. Bread and Roses: Mills, Migrants, and the Struggle for the American Dream . New York, NY: Viking, 2005, pp. 1-118. ISBN: 9780670033973.
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• SES #: 3 · TOPICS: Discussion · READINGS: Watson, Bruce. Bread and Roses: Mills, Migrants, and the Struggle for the American Dream . New York, NY: Viking, 2005, pp. 119-240. ISBN: 9780670033973.
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• SES #: 4 · TOPICS: Lecture: Asian Immigrants at the Turn of the Century · READINGS: 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.
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• SES #: 5 · TOPICS: Discussion · READINGS: 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.
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• Kazal, Russell. “Revisiting Assimilation: The Rise, Fall, and Reappraisal of a Concept in American Ethnic History.” American Historical Review 100 (April 1995): 437-471.
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• 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.
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• Farmingville . Directed by Catherine Tambini and Carolos Sandoval. 2003.
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• PBS Web site on Farmingville ↗
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• 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.
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• Students will read and report on one additional chapter from chapters 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9.
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• Gabaccia, Donna. “Gli Italiani nel Mondo: Italy’s Workers around the World.” OAH Magazine of History 14 (Fall 1999): 12-16.
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• 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.
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• 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.
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• “Some Events in the History of Mexico and the Border.” Journal of American History 86 (September 1999): 453-455.
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• SES #: 10 · TOPICS: Lecture: Was the Great Migration Great? · READINGS: 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.
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• 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.
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• Kirby, Jack Temple. “The Southern Exodus: A Primer for Historians.” Journal of Southern History 49 (November 1983): 585-600.
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• Film: The Jazz Singer ↗
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• The Jazz Singer . Directed by Alan Crosland. 1927.
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• Film: The Jazz Singer (cont.) ↗
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• 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.
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• 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.
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• SES #: 14 · TOPICS: Lecture: Remembering Ethnicity in an Age of Multiculturalism · READINGS: Diner, Hasia R. Lower East Side Memories: A Jewish Place in America . Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2000, begin reading. ISBN: 9780691007472.
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• SES #: 15 · TOPICS: Discussion · READINGS: Diner, Hasia R. Lower East Side Memories: A Jewish Place in America . Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2000, finish reading. ISBN: 9780691007472.
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• 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.
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• 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 ↗
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• The New Los Angeles . Directed by Lyn Goldfarb. Part 3, California and the American Dream . 2005. ↗
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• SES #: 18 · TOPICS: Lecture: American Imperialism and Filipino/a Experience · READINGS: Choy, Catherine Ceniza. Empire of Care: Nursing and Migration in Filipino American History . Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2003, pp. 1-57. ISBN: 9780822330899.
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• SES #: 19 · TOPICS: Discussion · READINGS: Choy, Catherine Ceniza. Empire of Care: Nursing and Migration in Filipino American History . Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2003, pp. 93-192. ISBN: 9780822330899.
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• Skerry, Peter. “ How Not to Build a Fence .” Foreign Policy (September/October 2006). ↗
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• 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.
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• “U.S. - Mexico Relations.” CQ Researcher (November 2001): 11-29.
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• “Illegal Immigration.” CQ Researcher (May 2005): 15-17.
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• “Policing the Borders.” CQ Researcher (February 2002): 12-7.
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• Rubio, Raúl. “ Discourses of/on Nostalgia: Cuban America’s Real and Fictional Geographies .” Letras Hispanas 3, no. 1 (Spring 2006). ↗
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• ———. “ Materializing Havana and Revolution: Cuban Material Culture .” Studies in Latin American Popular Culture 24, no. 24 (2005):161-177. ↗
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• Watson, Bruce. Bread and Roses: Mills, Migrants, and the Struggle for the American Dream . New York, NY: Viking, 2005, pp. 241-258. ISBN: 9780670033973.
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• SES #: 23 · TOPICS: Lawrence · READINGS: D’Ambrosio. Paul S. Ralph Fasanella’s America . Cooperstown, NY: Fenimore Art Museum, 2001. ISBN: 9780917334269.
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• SES #: 24 · TOPICS: Paper Meetings · READINGS: (no readings)
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• SES #: 25 · TOPICS: Student Presentations on U.S.-Mexico Border Relations · READINGS: (no readings)
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• My Big Fat Greek Wedding . Directed by Joel Swick. 2002.
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