Tue Jul 8 12:26:23 EDT 1997
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Economic historians who include immigration topics on their syllabus may be
able to offer suggestions here.
John Murray
co-editor, eh.teach
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From: mrich at carbon.cudenver.edu (Myra Rich)
I am seeking suggestions as I revamp my reading list for a History of
Immigration (to the United States) which is part of our core curriculum. My
current list contains Roger Daniels, Coming to America; Virginia
Yans-McLaughlin, Family and Community (actually out of print as of this
spring); Sarah Deutsch, No Separate Refuge; and Valerie Matsumoto, Farming
the Home Place. In past years I've used Reimers, Still the Golden Door;
Handlin's Boston's Immigrants; Higham's Strangers in the Land; and various
surveys. What seems to work is a balance between survey and "case studies"
of various groups. In this part of the country anything on Hispanic
immigration/migration strikes a chord with the students, but I would also be
interested in anything on black migration in the 20th century (not Lemann's
The Promised Land). Thank you for your help.
Myra Rich, CU Denver
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