Middlebury

HIST 0318

Chinatown, USA

Chinatown, USA
From San Francisco to New York, Honolulu to Houston, there are Chinatowns located across the United States. In this seminar we will explore the histories of these communities from the Gold Rush through the 20th century. Our discussions will be founded upon secondary scholarship such as The China-town Trunk Murder Mystery by Mary Ting Yi Lui and Mae Ngai’s The Lucky Ones, as well as primary texts like immigrant accounts, magazines and newspapers, photography, maps, and Hollywood movies. Throughout, we will engage with Chinatowns as spaces shaped by both domestic and transnational contexts, each site and its development illuminating the evolution of a globalized America. Our overarching goal is to understand local/micro history as national and international history.
Subject:
History
Department:
History
Division:
Humanities
Requirements Fulfilled:
AMR CMP HIS SOC
Equivalent Courses:
RELI 0318

Sections

Fall 2023

HIST0318A-F23 Lecture (Mao)

Spring 2008

HIST0318A-S08 Seminar (Stearns)