HIS 214 - Immigration and Ethnicity in the United States

Institution:

CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice

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Description:

3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS A social history of immigration and ethnicity that focuses on topics such as immigrant institutions, including family, church, community life, unions, gangs, fi re companies, saloons, theatres, social mobility, and the role of ethnicity and class responses to the immigrant problem, including assimilation, nativism, racism and restriction; immigrant ghettos and boss rule; changing immigrant stereotypes; work experience; labor violence and the methods of social control. Prerequisites: ENG 101, and sophomore standing or above.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.jjay.cuny.edu

Phone Number:

(212) 237-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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