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IMMIGRATION OVERVIEW LECTURE

Professor: Stephen Ortiz

Email: sortiz@po-box.esu.edu

Webpage: http://www.esu.edu/~sortiz

Office Hours: 409J Stroud Hall. 422-3262.

Mon/Wed 10am-12pm; Tuesday 4:30-5:30pm and by appointment.

Course Description:

This course explores the historical experiences of the peoples from Latin America and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean, and those of their descendents, in the modern United States. The primary focus of the course will be to compare and contrast the twentieth-century experiences of the four largest Latino populations: those who can trace their heritage to Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic. The immigrant experience, the development of Latino communities in the U.S., the political and cultural life of Latinos and their descendents, the development of a Latino or “Hispanic-American” identity, and the integration of Latinos into American cultural and political life will be the major themes studied. All course meetings and readings will be in English. Familiarity with the Spanish language is not required.

HIST 360, Latinos in Modern America