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HIST206 Comparative History of Immigrant Peoples

10 cp
Prerequisites History major/minor: 10 cp from 100-level units in History
Teaching Organisation 3 hours per week for twelve weeks or equivalent of lectures and tutorials.

This unit involves a broad global and comparative exploration of the patterns of migration and the histories of immigrant peoples, especially in modern times. Case studies will be done to analyse the variety of diverse and similar patterns of migration, in particular the Jewish diaspora, the Atlantic slave trade and the making of Black America and the Chinese overseas in southeast Asia and the Pacific islands; drawing patterns of comparative understanding; exploring issues of historical sources and ways of interpretation.

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