HUAS90939 - The Settling of America: Immigration and Ethnicity, 1924 - Present

Course Description

There is no history of America without its immigrants; indeed the immigrant story is American history, for we are all immigrants or descendants of immigrants. In this three-quarter sequence, we will examine migration and immigration to the lands that become the United States, from the Colonial period to the present. We will learn of how early settlement shaped patterns and mores, as well as how later waves of peoples enriched what some have called “trans-national America.” Spring Quarter focuses on the last century, from the time of immigration restrictions in the 1920s, through a period of little immigration in the 1930s, then some immigration of “displaced persons” after World War II, and then the major change that took place after the passage of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, leading to a new wave of immigration. We will also have some discussion of current debates on immigration policy. Students can take any quarter – there are no prerequisites.

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Online registration deadline: March 15, 5 PM CT

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