HIST 260 - Asian American History

FC SSCI CD

4 credits
This course is an introduction to the history of peoples of Asian ancestry in the United States and the construction of an Asian American collectivity. Major themes will include the place of Asian Americans in the American imagination, migrations, labor, communities, and responses to social and legal discrimination. The categories of race, ethnicity, gender, class, and sexuality will figure prominently as we explore similarities and differences among Asian American experiences.

This course is cross-listed with CAST-260