GGR336H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Religious Persecution
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Until the 1950"s most immigration to north america came from northern and western. The beginning of the irish immigration brought a huge influx of catholics, poor working- class people who didn"t speak english, non-wasps. Place is created through flows of people, practices, ideas that have some sort of coherent idea to them. Interaction smaller processes flowing up --- exam. Racial categories are fluid whiteness is in relation to a group (ex. Prior to the 1850"s mostly northern european mostly rural. 1850"s 1870"s irish waves of immigration mixed rural/urban.