Ethnicity in America Ethnicity in America
 Week 6
Economy, Industry, Labor
Monday
 10:00 a.m. / 1:10 p.m. Film Screening
 Aylesworth C106
Wednesday 9:00 a.m. DEADLINE Response Essay
 ezboard / WebCT
Wednesday
 10:00 a.m. / 1:10 p.m. Office Hours
 General Services 361
Thursday
 9:00 a.m. DEADLINE
 Peer Critiques
 ezboard / WebCT
Friday
 10:00 a.m. / 1:10 p.m. Class Discussion
 Aylesworth C106
Reading Assignment
White
236-297
10. The West and the World Economy

11. The Economic Structure of the West
Chan
143-179
 4. Work

- Indian Labor in California in the 1850s
- Chinese Sugar Plantation Workers in Hawaii, 1860s-1900s
- African Americans in the Cattle Industry, 1860s-1880s
- Mexican Labor in Oklahoma, 1900-1945
- Mexican Women Workers in Texas, 1880-1920
Film Assignment
Episode Three (1848 to 1856)
Speck of the Future		 This Land of Gold and Hope  [mirror]
 Emporium of the Pacific  [mirror]
 Diggers  [mirror]
 The Days of Forty-Nine  [mirror]
Episode Four (1856 to 1868)
Death Runs Riot		 Introduction  [mirror]
 Free Soil  [mirror]
 Mountain Meadows  [mirror]
Special Instructions
Don't forget to use the ezboard "Spell Check" button before posting your peer critiques; this is an easy way to avoid losing points.
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