I. Introduction: How do we think about immigration and immigrants?

Tu 1/20 Introductions: Migrations and movements
We'll meet each other and talk a bit about our own experiences with movement and borders.

Th 1/22 Images of Immigrants and Immigration
Required readings:
- Castles and Miller, Chapter 1, "Introduction"
- Langewiesche, "Invisible Men", pp.1-8
- Family Migration Chart (to be discussed in class)
- BBC Poll Results, p.9
Links of interest:
- Immigration agencies of various countries

II. Global Migration: Historical background

Tu 1/27 Theories of International Migration
Required reading:
- Castles and Miller, Chapter 2, "The Migratory Process and the Formation of Ethnic Minorities" up to page 32.
- Morawska, "Origin and Process of Immigration to the US", pp.10-16
Essay #1 due Tu 1/27:
Think about movement in terms of your own life and family. In a short (3-4 page) essay, answer the following questions: Where do you come from? What kinds of migrations have you and/or your family undertaken? Why did the move(s) occur?  What kinds of borders did you cross?  How did the move(s) change or affect you?  Explore the question broadly: consider changes in your sense of dependence, freedom, age, class, desires, habits. Also think about why you did not move at certain times (or perhaps ever).  More generally I'd like you to think about the relationship between where you come from, where you are, and who you are.
 

Th 1/29 International Migration: History
Required reading:
- Castles and Miller, Chapter 3, "International Migration before 1945"
 

Tu 2/3 Immigration into the US: Changes over time
Required reading:
- Piore, from Birds of Passage, "Historical evolution of long-distance migration in US", pp.17-32
To think about:
What has been the driving force behind migration to and within the US from Piore's perspective? If this were a story, who would be the characters and what are their motivations? What changes over time?

Th 2/5 US immigrant experience: late 19th century
Required reading:
- Proulx, Accordion Crimes, part 1, pp.33-51 (Also available online)
To think about:
Immigrant experiences then and now.
Suggested viewing:
The Gangs of New York (Miramax, 2003)

Tu 2/ 10 Immigration: Other experiences
Required reading:
- Emmer, "Immigration into the Caribbean: The Introduction of Chinese and East Indian Indentured Laborers between 1839 and 1917" , pp.52-68
 

III. Causes of Global Migration: Theoretical understandings

Th 2/12 Migration and the Global Economy
Required reading:
- Harris, "Introduction: Capitalism and Migration" in CR, pp.69-79
To think about:
What does capitalism have to do with migration? How does economic globalization -- in trade, goods, services, and investments -- drive labor migration?

Tu 2/17 See Wed

W 2/18 Film: Journey of Hope (7:20pm CNS 112) (111 minutes)

Th 2/19 Migrations and social networks
Required reading:
- Harris, "Social Networks and Migration" in CR, pp.80-92
- Tilly, "Transplanted networks" in CR, pp.93-101
To think about:
What are social networks? How does looking at them help us to understand migration? Think about social networks and movements in your own life or the life of your family.

Tu 2/24 Migration: The rural to urban factor
Required reading:
- Gilbert and Gugler, "The Urban-Rural Interface and Migration", pp.102-114
Videos of interest:
- Peasants Migrate (China)
- The Long Train Home (China)
- Interview with migrant construction worker (China)

Th 2/26 Gendered Migration: The case of Mexico and the US
Required reading:
- Sotelo-Hondagneu, "Immigration, Gender and Settlement", pp.115-128
- Sotelo-Hondagneu, "Gendered Immigration", pp.129-139
To think about:
What do we learn about migration and migrants by examining them through the lens of gender?

Tu 3/3 Why Most People Don't Migrate
Required reading:
- Malmberg, "Time and Space in International Migration", pp.140-154
To think about:
Why do most people not migrate? Think about the results of the BBC poll, p.9

IV. Migration and Migrants

Th 3/5 Film: Pretty Dirty Things (in class Tu 3/3 and Th 3/5)
Essay #2 on Histories Section, due Th 3/5 4pm (15% of grade)

Spring Break, no classes Tu 3/10 - Th 3/12

Tu 3/17 Migration to the Global North
Required reading:
- Castles and Miller, Chapter 4, "Migration to Highly-Developed Countries since 1945"

Tu 3/24 Migration into Japan
Required readings:
- Cornelius, "Japan: Illusion of Immigration Control", pp.193-213
- French, "Insular Japan Needs, but Resists, Immigration", pp.214-215
- Milly, "What Japanese Policymakers Should Know about How Government Contributes to Irregular Immigration" pp.216-225
- Onishi, "As Its Work Force Ages, Japan Needs and Fears Chinese Labor" pp.226-230
Video of interest:
- China's Human Traffic - Japan (ABC Australia)
To think about:
The tension between economic growth and the concept of the nation-state.

Th 3/26  Migration into the US
Required readings:
- Massey, "Closed Door Policy", pp.231-233
- "Labor Urges Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants" in CR, p.234
- "US to Expand Labor Rights" in CR, pp.234A-234B
- Brownell, "Declining Enforcement of Employer Sanction" in CR, pp.235-242
- Jordan, "Arizona Squeeze on Immigration Angers Business", pp.243-244
- "Immigrants, economy heading south" p.245

Tu 3/31 [Immigration into Western NY State: See April 23}
We will not be meeting in class today (see showing of film Hate, 4/27)