HIS5037 IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCES IN AMERICA
This course is an overview of American immigration history from early settlement to the present. Topics include the motives and patterns of early European and African settlement and the enactment of early exclusionary laws in the new republic; the "first148 great wave of 19th century Irish, German, and later Asian immigrants and the impact of these groups on urban transportation and agricultural developments; the Ellis Island era of the "great migration" and its resulting impact on industrialization; the onset of government restriction in the early 20th century and modern refugee problems. Students will also explore current issues of assimilation, acculturation, cultural identity and multiculturalism in American society.