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HIST328

The Immigrant City In the United States, 1880-1924 HIST328 SP

Crosslistings: AMST328, WMST328, CHUM328

Spring 97 Availability (Last Updated on Thu Apr 17 05:00:17 EDT 1997 )

Section  Limit  Enrollment  Available
  01       14      0         14

Next Offered in 9798 SP

The formation--in the wake of massive immigration--of ethnic cultural enclaves in U.S. cities played a decisive role in shaping both literal and figurative cityscapes in the years that American culture made the transition to modernity. This seminar examines both the adaptation of traditional cultures to the urban context and the collision of these cultures with the dominant WASP ideology shared by reformers, politicians, literati and nativists alike. Particular attention will be paid to the ways ethnic and religious differences modulated class and gender systems. Paintings, photographs, architecture and film will supplement written sources.

MAJOR READINGS

Bodnar, THE TRANSPLANTED
Kasson, AMUSING THE MILLION
Yans-McLaughlin, IMMIGRATION RECONSIDERED
Kraut, SILENT TRAVELLERS
Glenn, DAUGHTERS OF THE SHTETL
Orsi, THE MADONNA OF 115TH STREET
Jacobson, SPECIAL SORROWS
Rozenzweig, EIGHT HOURS FOR WHAT WE WILL
Yung, UNBOUND FEET
Selections from the fiction, journalism and autobiographical
literature of the period.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Each student will be required to keep a journal, to make a brief class presentation during the course of the semester and to submit a major research paper/project at the end of the term or write three shorter papers due at regular intervals during the term.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS HIST

Prerequisites: None

Last Updated on MAR-10-1997

About the Photo:

Many Italians fleeing poverty became laborers, here they were packed into the narrow streets of the Lower East Side.

Reference:

White, Dr. A. Sandri. DICTIONARY OF ITALIAN SLANG, New Jersey: Aurea Publications, 1971

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