M4: Irish and Germans

Assigned Reading:

• Overview of immigration in the US “Immigration and U.S. History – The Evolution of the Open Society,” in “Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy, U.S. Immigration Policy and the National Interest (Staff Report 1981)” as printed in Aleinikoff, Martin & Motomura. Immigration and Citizenship: Process and Policy (West 5th ed. 2003).This reading may be found online at: (http://tinyurl.com/jmrxwv8) (22pgs) 

• Binder, Frederick M., and David M. Reimers. (1995) CH3: “Diversity in Action: Irish and German Immigrants in a Growing City, 1789-1880,” pp. 114-148 in Binder, Frederick M., and David M. Reimers. All the Nations Under Heaven: An Ethnic and Racial History of New York City. New York: Columbia University Press.

Quick and Dirty Overview of Immigration Periods