HIST1040 — Asian American History
HIST 1040 - Asian American History HIST 1040 - Asian American History Hours/Week: Lecture 3 Lab 0 Internship hours per week 0 Course Description: This course examines the diverse histories and experiences of Americans of Asian and Pacific Islander ancestry from the beginning of Asian migration to North America through the present. Course themes include migration, labor, imperialism, exclusion, racism and resistance, community formation, politics, and culture. MnTC Goals Goal 5 Goal 7B Asian America before the United States 2. Chinese Migration and Labor in the 19th Century West 3. Anti-Chinese Movement, Exclusion, and Resistance 4. Japanese, Korean, and South Asian Migrations at the Turn of the Century 5. Anti-Asian Laws and Undocumented Immigration in the Early Twentieth Century 6. Asian Migration and Labor in Hawai’i 7. American Empire and the Status of Filipinos 8. Japanese American Incarceration and WWII 9. The Cold War and Shifting Asian Immigration Patterns 10. Post-1965 Asian Immigration, Korean and South Asian Americans 11. Southeast Asia Refugee Communities 12. Hmong Americans 13. Anti-Asian Violence and Discrimination since 1980 14. Asian American Identity and Activism since 1980 Learning
Prerequisites: ENGL0950, RDNG0940, RDNG0950, ENGL0090, ESOL0051, ESOL0052