This course examines the comparative historical demography of what is today the United States, focusing on the arrival, growth, distribution, and redistribution of immigrants from Asia, Europe, Africa, and Latin America. A history of immigration to the United States from colonial times to the present, with emphasis on the roles of ethnic and racial groups in economics, power relations between dominant and subordinate groups, and contemporary ethnic and racial consciousness. This course explores the theoretical literature on race and ethnicity, focusing on issues of domination and subordination and the historical emergence of racism and ethnic conflict.
Attention is given to class and gender differences within racial and ethnic groups.