ILRGL 3020

Strangers and Citizens: Immigration and Labor in U.S. History

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.

Explores immigrant workers' experiences in the 19th and 20th centuries from different perspectives. Students examine what it meant to the immigrants themselves to arrive as strangers in the United States and the ways in which preexisting American groups defined these immigrants as strangers. Similarly, students look at U.S. citizens in their roles as greeters of immigrants, detractors of immigrants, and as models for the aspirations of immigrants. The main examples are taken from the industrial and union realms.

Enrollment Information Priority given to: Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) juniors and seniors; remaining seats open to undergraduate juniors and seniors during the add period.

Distribution Requirements (ICE-IL, LH-IL)

Exploratory Studies (EUAREA)

Last 4 Terms Offered 2024FA, 2024SP, 2023SP, 2013FA

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