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2019-2020 Springfield College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

HIST 310 - American Immigration History


This course examines the history of immigration and ethnicity in America from the colonila period to the present. Major topics include distinctive patterns of voluntary and involuntary migration; the origins and evolving nature of American citizenship; the meaning of ethnicity and construction of ethnic identities; patterns of nativism, racism, restriction, and exclusion; and the evolution of American immigration policy.

Credits: 3