Week 1: January 29 :: Introduction and Overview
Short, John R. Urban Theory: A Critical Assessment. Palgrave Macmillan New York, 2006. [Chapter 5, The Immigrant City, pgs 79-91]
Week 2: February 5 :: Pre-Contact
Hauck-Lawson, Annie, and Jonathan Deutsch. Gastropolis: Food and New York City. Columbia University Press, 2008. [Chapter 1, The Lenapes in Search of Pre-European Foodways in Greater New York Region, pgs. 15-33]
Burrows, Edwin G, and Mike Wallace. Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898. New York, NY Oxford University Press, 1999. [Chapter 1, First Impressions pgs. 3-13, Chapter 2, The Men Who Bought Manhattan pgs. 14-26]
Week 3: February 19 :: 1626 – 1875
Hauck-Lawson, Annie, and Jonathan Deutsch. Gastropolis: Food and New York City. Columbia University Press, 2008. [Chapter 2, The Food and Drink of Early New York pgs. 34-49]
Mintz, Sidney. “Food and Diaspora.” Food, Culture and Society: An International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research 11.4 (2008): 509–23.
Shulman, Robin. Eat the City: A Tale of the Fishers, Trappers, Hunters, Foragers, Slaughterers, Butchers, Farmers, Poultry Minders, Sugar Refiners, Cane Cutters, Beekeepers, Winemakers, and Brewers Who Built New York. New York: Broadway Paperbacks, 2013. [Chapter 4, Sugar pgs. 137-174]
Week 4: February 26 :: 1876-2000
Ziegelman, Jane. 97 Orchard: An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One New York Tenement. New York: Harper, 2011. [Chapter 4 The Rogarshevsky Family pgs.125-181, and Chapter 5, The Baldizzi Family pgs. 183-227]
Week 5: March 5 :: 2000-New York Today
Foner, Nancy. One Out of Three: Immigrant New York in the Twenty-First Century. Columbia University Press, 2013. [Chapter 1: Introduction, pgs. 1-34, Chapter 2: A Portrait of New Yorks immigrant Mélange pgs. 35-63]
Abdullah, Zain. “African‘ Soul Brothers’ in the’Hood: Immigration, Islam, and the Black Encounter.” Anthropological Quarterly 82.1 (2009): 37–62.
Week 6: March 12 :: Mixing: Eating Exotic Others
Hauck-Lawson, Annie, and Jonathan Deutsch. Gastropolis: Food and New York City. Columbia University Press, 2008. [Chapter 8, Chow Fun City: Three Centuries of Chinese Cuisine in New York City pgs. 132-153]
Heldke, Lisa. “But Is It Authentic?: Culinary Travel and the Search for the ‘Genuine Article.’” The Taste and Culture Reader: Experiencing Food and Drink (2007): 385–394.
Foner, Nancy. One Out of Three: Immigrant New York in the Twenty-First Century. Columbia University Press, 2013. [Chapter 5, Chinese: Diverse Origins and Destinations pgs.120-147]
Week 7: March 19 :: Gentrification
Zukin, Sharon et al. “New Retail Capital and Neighborhood Change: Boutiques and Gentrification in New York City.” City & Community 8.1 (2009): 47–64.
Shulman, Robin. Eat the City: A Tale of the Fishers, Trappers, Hunters, Foragers, Slaughterers, Butchers, Farmers, Poultry Minders, Sugar Refiners, Cane Cutters, Beekeepers, Winemakers, and Brewers Who Built New York. New York: Broadway Paperbacks, 2013. [Chapter 2, Vegetables pgs. 55-93, and Chapter 3, Meat pgs. 94-138]
Week 8: March 26 :: Food, Identity, Immigration and Health
Yeh, Ming-Chin et al. “Determinants of Latina Obesity in the United States The Role of Selective Acculturation.” Journal of Transcultural Nursing 20.1 (2009): 105–115.
Tavernise, Sabrina. “The Health Toll of Immigration.” The New York Times 18 May 2013.
Ramakrishna, J, and M G Weiss. “Health, Illness, and Immigration: East Indians in the United States.” Western Journal of Medicine 157.3 (1992): 265–270.
Week 9: April 2 :: Markets
Hauck-Lawson, Annie, and Jonathan Deutsch. Gastropolis: Food and New York City. Columbia University Press, 2008. [Chapter 9, Hawkers and Gawkers: Peddling and Markets in New York City pgs. 153-173]
Frieburger, William. “War Prosperity and Hunger: The New York Food Riots of 1917.” Labor History 25.2 (1984): 217–239.
Wasserman, Susan. “The Good Old Days Of Poverty: Merchants and the Battle Over Pushcart Peddling.” 1998.
Morales, Alfonso. “Marketplaces: Prospects for Social, Economic, and Political Development.” Journal of Planning Literature 26.1 (2011): 3–17.
Week 10: April 9 :: Restaurants
Hauck-Lawson, Annie, and Jonathan Deutsch. Gastropolis: Food and New York City. Columbia University Press, 2008. [Chapter 16, Eating Out, Eating American: New York restaurant Dining and Identity pgs. 293-307]
Ray, Krishnendu. “Dreams of Pakistani Grill and Vada Pao in Manhattan: Re-Inscribing the Immigrant Body in Metropolitan Discussions of Taste.” Food, Culture and Society: An International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research 14.2 (2011): 243–273.
Week 11: April 23 :: Tradition
Hauck-Lawson, Annie, and Jonathan Deutsch. Gastropolis: Food and New York City. Columbia University Press, 2008. [Chapter 12, Livin’ La Vida Sabrosa: Savoring Latino New York pgs. 208-232]
Marte, Lidia. “Foodmaps: Tracing Boundaries of ‘home’ through Food Relations.” Food & Foodways 15.3-4 (2007): 261–289.
Foner, Nancy. One Out of Three: Immigrant New York in the Twenty-First Century. Columbia University Press, 2013. [Chapter 9, Dominican: Community Culture and Collective Identity pgs. 223-245]
Week 12: April 30 :: Economics
Kim, Dae Young. “Beyond Co-Ethnic Solidarity: Mexican and Ecuadorean Employment in Korean-Owned Businesses in New York City.” Ethnic and Racial studies 22.3 (1999): 581–605. Foner,
Nancy. One Out of Three: Immigrant New York in the Twenty-First Century. Columbia University Press, 2013. [Chapter 3, immigration and Economic Growth in New York City pgs. 64-89, and Chapter 7, Jamaicans: Balancing Race and Ethnicity pgs. 176-199]
Week 13: May 7 :: Contemporary Policy Debate
Foner, Nancy. One Out of Three: Immigrant New York in the Twenty-First Century. Columbia University Press, 2013. [Chapter 10, Mexicans: civic Engagement, Education, and Progress Achieved and Inhibited pgs. 247-266]
Week 14: May 14 :: Potluck & Group Presentations
Students may suggest readings to enhance the discussion of their group presentations.
