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HIST344

Interpreting the American West: Immigration, Migration & Ethnicity in the Region HIST344 SP

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

Section  Limit  Enrollment  Available
  01       18      0         18

An exploration of ways to frame the American West that challenges the Turnerian concept of the frontier as the West's defining characteristic. Particular attention to ecology, cultural encounters and hybridizations, visual and narrative accounts, women, markets and community, ethnic diversity, and the city.

MAJOR READINGS

Ella Deioria, WATERLILLY
Ramon Gutierrez, WHEN JESUS CAME, THE CORN MOTHERS WENT AWAY
George F. Sanchez, BECOMING MEXICAN AMERICAN: ETHNICITY,
CULTURE, AND IDENTITY IN CHICANO LOS ANGELES, 1900-1945
Additional readings to be announced

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

To be announced

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: Lecture Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

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

Prerequisites: None

Section 01: Coleman, A; Times: .T..... 1:10PM;; Grading Mode: A/F; Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 1, So: 1, Fr: 4; Major Preference Given

Last Updated on MAR-10-1997

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