HIST 222 - US Immigration History (US)

An examination of the history of immigration and migration in the United States; we will not only consider movements across national borders, but we will also take up the more expansive history of movements – both free and coerced – across all kinds of space. We will center our examination on the 1860s to the present, the period in which the demarcation and policing of national borders came to define what it meant to be a “modern” nation state. Just as we will consider the rise and solidification of efforts to police borders, we will also consider the entangled lives and relationships that were built across and in the space between borders. As we consider the United States’ history as both a nation of immigrants and a gatekeeping nation, the categories of race, gender, sexuality, and class will be at the center of our interrogation.

Credits: 1.0
Prerequisites: None
Major/Minor Restrictions: None
Class Restriction: None
Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents
Liberal Arts CORE: None

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