The Peopling of New York City

The Impact of the Hart-Celler Act on New York City

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

5:00PM-7:00PM
Refreshments will be served 

Hunter College
West Building
Chanin Language Center
(Enter at the SW Corner of 68th Street and Lexington Avenue, Subway
 Level)

DEPARTMENT OF AFRICANA & PUERTO RICAN LATINO STUDIES
AT HUNTER COLLEGE

Panelists Include:

Prof. Robert C. Smith Associate professor, School of Public Affairs at
 Baruch College. Author of  Mexican New York: Transnational Worlds of
 New Immigrants.

Prof. Margaret M. Chin Associate professor, Department of Sociology at
 Hunter College. Author of Sewing Women: Immigrants in the New York City
 Garment Industry. 

Prof. Anthony P. Browne
Associate professor,  Department of Africana & Puerto Rican Latino
 Studies at Hunter College. Author of Manufacturing local action: How local
 communities make change. 

Prof. Joyce R. Toney
Associate Professor, Department of Africana & Puerto Rican/Latino
 Studies
Author of Exporting Culture: Caribbean Americans in New York City

THIS EVENT IS FREE
For more information, contact Dr. Anthony Browne at
 apbrowne@hunter.cuny.edu
sponsored by the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs and Hunter
 College.

Hey, everyone — here’s the list of readings on reserve from Prof. Friedlander:

BOOKS ON RESERVE OR IN THE PROCESS OF BEING PUT ON RESERVE

Mark Zborowski and Elizabeth Herzog: Life is With People DS 112. Z37

Nancy Green: THE PLETZL    DS 135.F85P247

Lucjan Dobroszycki and Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, IMAGE BEFORE MY EYES: A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF JEWISH LIFE IN POLAND , 1864-1939   DS 135.P6D62

Roman Vishniac: JEWS OF POLAND (Photographic essay) DS 135.P6V5

Roman Vishniac: A VANISHED WORLD  DS 135. E8V57 (Library is searching for the book)

Arcadius Kahan: ESSAYS IN JEWISH SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC HISTORY DS 140.SK33 (Library is searching for the book)

Enrique Krauze: MEXICO : BIOGRAPHY OF POWER: A HISTORY OF MODERN MEXICO ,
1810-1996    F1231.5.K 72

Alan Riding: DISTANT NEIGHBORS F1236.RF3

Hasia Diner: THE JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES   E 184.35.D55  2006

Hasia Diner:  HER WORKS PRAISE HER: A HISTORY OF JEWISH WOMEN IN AMERICA FROM COLONIAL TIMES TO PRESENT   E 184.55.H47  2002 (Library is looking for book)

Sydney Stahl Weinberg: THE WORLD OF OUR MOTHERS E 184.J5W43

Hasia Diner: LOWER EAST SIDE MEMORIES: A JEWISH PLACE IN AMERICA
F 128L9.J5 D56

Phillip Kasnitz, et. al,  editors: BECOMING NEW YORKERS (good material on second generation of new immigrants on work, education and identity)  F 128. 9. A1B33 (Special Collection on 2nd floor.Library will get this on reserve)

Robert C. Smith MEXICAN NEW YORK : TRANSNATIONAL LIVES OF NEW IMMIGRANTS F128.9 M5S64

Jacob Riis: HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES (photographic essay) HV 4046. N6R58 (DUE BACK 03-02).  Another copy of this is already on reserve for another class.  Ask at desk.

Nancy Foner: IN A NEW LAND JV 645.F66 (does not circulate, but a request is in for this to go into our reserve)

Anzia Yezierska: BREAD GIVERS  (with introduction by Alice Kessler-Harris)  PS 3547. E95 B7 (already on Reserve)

Theresa Serber Malkiel: THE DIARY OF A SHIRTWAIST STRIKER (with introduction by Françoise Basch) PS 3525. A446 D53

Bel Kaufman (Sholem Aleicham’s granddaughter and Hunter alumna) UP THE DOWN STAIR CASE (about school bureaucracy as seen by immigrant of the end of the first wave of immigration teaching in schools at early end of new immigration) PS 3561. A86 U6 (Social Work Library. It will be put on Reserve in that library)

Jorge G. Castañeda: EX MEX: FROM MIGRANTS TO IMMIGRANTS  Not in our Library, but I will get a copy of the book placed on reserve

Nancy Green and François Weil CITIZENSHIP AND THOSE WHO LEAVE:THE POLITICS OF EMIGRAION AND EXPATRIATION (article by Jorge Durand about Mexico )  Not in our Library, but I will get a copy of the Durand article placed on E-Reserve for this class.

lobo_mexicans-demograhpics.pdf   lobo_mexicans-d.pdf     lobo_mexicans-2.pdf  

Here are 3 .pdf files containing demographic info on Mexicans living in NYC.

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Hey, students, welcome to the course blog for Prof. Friedlander’s Seminar 2!  This blog will be a sort of electronic forum that will allow the Professor to share materials and assignments with you.  However, it WILL ALSO BE an electronic forum for you, so that you can share material and ideas with each other while performing your research and constructing your website.  Since much of the content from this class will come from you, it’s important to participate as much as you can!

TO LOG IN: your user name AND your password will be your first initial followed by your last name.  no spaces, no punctuation, no caps.  The system is pretty easy to figure out, so play around once you log in — if you have any questions, let me know!   BE SURE TO CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD once you’ve logged in!

Remember, this is YOUR forum, too, so any ideas for features or spaces you want to have, let me know.

More to come!

Russ