As a non-traditional student, I came to the University of Mary Washington certain of what I will be pursuing for both my Bachelors and Masters. When you own a home, […]
Reflecting on Irish and Asian American Historiographies
The first work in this analysis is “Twenty Years of Irish-American Historiography” by Kevin Kenny. In this article, Kenny discusses Kirby Miller’s “Emigrants and Exiles” as a keystone work on […]
Reflecting on Reviews of “In Sight of America”
John J. Bukowczyk, of Wayne State University, seemed overall impressed with Anna Pegler-Gordon’s book on photography and its involvement in immigration, “In Sight of America: Photography and the Development of […]
Reflecting on “History in a New Millennium”
Jeremy Popkin discusses many changes and controversies in History today. This ranges from the Irving v. Lipstadt Holocaust case of 2000 to various technologies, their merit and effects on history. […]
Reflecting on Goodman, Ramirez, & Lee
The three essays reviewed were “Nation of Migrants, Historians of Migration” by Adam Goodman, “Globalizing Migration Histories? Learning from Two Case Studies” by Bruno Ramirez, and “A Part and Apart: […]
Reflecting on “Selling the East in the American South”
Vivek Bald’s “Selling the East in the American South” focuses on Bengali Muslims and their experience immigrating to the United States. The overwhelming sentiment is that they, and other Asians […]
Reflecting on Race, Ethnicity, & Nationality
The three essays we read today were Kathleen Neils Conzen’s, et al. “The Invention of Ethnicity in the United States”, “Race, Nation, Culture in Recent Immigration Studies” by George J. […]
Reflecting on Immigrant Women and Their Place in Irish Diaspora
Donna Gabaccia’s “Immigrant Women: No Where at Home” focuses on the creation of immigrant women studies and its similarities to women’s studies, ethnic studies, sociology, history, and literature in which […]
Reflecting On “Hyphen Nation”
Matthew Frye Jacobson’s “Hyphen Nation” focuses on America’s ethnic revival and the evolution of race and culture in America. Jacobson claims that the ethnic revival changed political and social culture, […]
Reflecting on Uprootedness and Transplantation
The three pieces we read this week were Oscar Handlin’s “Immigration Portrayed As an Experience of Uprootedness”, John Bodnar’s “Immigration Portrayed As an Experience of Transplantation”, and Rudolph J. Vecoli’s […]