508
368 History
New Brunswick
Arts and Sciences
Impact of economic development, immigration, and urbanization on lower- and middle-class life in the 19th and 20th centuries through literary and anthropological as well as historical sources.The Forging of Modern America, 1880-1920
512
304 American History
New Brunswick
Arts and Sciences
Political reform movements against the background of industrial development, urbanization, and immigration in the United States from 1880 to 1920.Ethnicity in American History
512
416 American History
New Brunswick
Arts and Sciences
Immigration and ethnicity from colonial times to the present: the migration process, adjustment, cultural persistence, and the changing meaning and manifestations of ethnicity in American society. The rise of the political machine, political reform, ethnic politics, social class and local politics, and changes in governmental structure.The Forging of Modern America
512
304American History
New Brunswick
Arts and Sciences
Political reform movements against the background of industrial development, urbanization, and immigration in the United States from 1880 to 1920.Immigrant Minorities in the United States
920
435
Sociology
New Brunswick
Arts and Sciences
Study of migrations to the United States and their impact; detailed consideration of pluralist versus assimilationist hypotheses about the effects of immigration; effects of ethnicity on U.S. culture. Case study materials on various ethnic Americans.
The Republic and the Melting Pot: Immigration and Integration in Contemporary France
420
251
French
New Brunswick
Arts and Sciences
An exploration of the tensions at work in Fifth Republic France between abstract universal definitions of equality and lived social, economic, and juridical disparities, with emphasis on the experience of non-European populations labeled as “immigrant.”
Israeli Culture
563
310
Jewish Studies
New Brunswick
Arts and Sciences
Formation of modern Israeli culture since the beginning of Zionist immigration to Palestine; its historical, social, literary, and artistic expressions.
Jewish Immigrant Experience
563
375
Jewish Studies
New Brunswick
Arts and Sciences
Modern Jewish immigrant experience, focusing on European and Middle Eastern communities resettled in America, Israel, and Europe.
Religion in American History
840
319
Religion
New Brunswick
Arts and Sciences
Colonial patterns of established churches, revivalism, deism, and separation of church and state; denominational growth and immigration; effects of urban development, evolutionary thought, and social reform.
Immigrant States: Jersey’s Global Routes
Decena and Rodriguez
050, 595, 920, 988
271, 271, 271, 271,
Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies, Sociology, Women’s and Gender Studies
New Brunswick
Arts and Sciences
New Jersey as one of the top immigrant destinations in the US, yet also one of the most ethnically and racially segregated states. Analysis of how and why racial/ethnic differences shape a person’s experiences of and perspectives on the world locally, nationally, and internationally.
Latinos and Migration
Berg
595, 836
298, 298
Anthropology, Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies
New Brunswick
Arts and Sciences
Open to second and third year students only.Historical and contemporary experiences of Latinos and Latin Americans with migration to/from the US and migration within the US. Development of regional, national, and transnational practices. Emphasis on causes and experience of migration.
Immigrant Workers Rights
Fine
575, 595
320, 312
Labor Studides
New Brunswick
School of Management and Labor Relations
Immigration and immigrant workers in American society; history; current legal rights; related public policy issues; immigrants in unions and community organizations.
