HISTORY 40C Lecture Notes - Socalled, Acculturation, Picture Bride
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Notice: consult syllabus for short analysis assignment, due in section next week, study guide for week 2 has been posted. Please do not disrupt class by leaving early. What will we do today: last time our tour of the us in 1900 focused on those born in the. United states: today we meet some of the immigrants who were transforming us life around 1900. Hint: the wave of new immigration is an very important concept in. The century 1830-1930 saw the largest migration in human history. Migration was a global, not just a us phenomenon. 50 million europeans relocated overseas in the americas, 40 million asians left for east africa, america, pacific islands, and elsewhere. At the 1914 peak of migration, one in every 6 people in us was foreign born; in argentina, one in every three; in canada, one in every four. Us: note the high % of foreign- born people around 1900.
