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HILD 7B: Race and Ethnicity in the US – Asian American History
Tues/Thurs 2-320 ------ ROOM PETERSON 108
Fall 2012

|Prof. Nancy H. Kwak |Teaching Assistants: |
|Office: HSS 6086A |Kate Flach |
|nhkwak@ucsd.edu |Mary Klann |
|Office Hours: W 2:00-3:00 by appointment |Alina Mendez |
| |Mychal Odom |
| |Rich Smith |
| |Camielyn Williams |

Course Description in Catalog:
A lecture-discussion course on the comparative ethnic history of the United States. Of central concern will be Asian-American groups, race, oppression, mass migrations, ethnicity, city life in industrial America, and power and protest in modern America.

Readings: (All books are sold at the UCSD bookstore) 1. Lon Kurashige and Alice Yang Murray, Major Problems in Asian American History (Houghton Mifflin Co., 2003). ISBN 0618077340. 2. John Luther Long, Madame Butterfly (General Books, 2009). Available free online at http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/long/contents.html 3. David Henry Hwang, M Butterfly (Dramatists Play Service, Inc., 1998). 4. Lac Suh, I Love Yous Are for White People: A Memoir (P.S.) (Harper Perennial, 2009). ISBN 978-0061543661.

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