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Explore the history of immigration to the United States, from the migration of early humans to economic and political migrants. Learn about the diverse ethnicities and the impact of remittances in shaping the country. Enroll in the same section as Rosalio Cedillo or Andrew Duncan.
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Sections Begin Next Week • Enroll/attend same section • Rosalio Cedillo • rcedillo@uci.edu • Andrew Duncan • Andrew.duncan@uci.edu
A Country of Immigrants • “It is generally agreed that [humans first came to the Americas] from eastern Asia in one or more migrations, crossing a land bridge that from time to time during the Ice Age connected Siberia to Alaska.” • Readers Companion to American History
Economic Migrants • “[S]mall hunting bands from Asia, pursuing migrating herds of Ice Age mega-fauna across Beringia or along its coasts, could have reached Alaska…. [P]eople…lived essentially by hunting mammoths, mastodons, outsized bison, and other now-extinct animals….” • Readers Companion to American History
Political & Cultural Migrants “Among the early Pilgrims was a group of Separatists, members of a radical religious movement that broke from the Church of England during the 16th and 17th centuries. In 1606 William Brewster led a group to [the Netherlands]…to escape religious persecution…. [T]hese Separatists…left…for America on the Mayflower.” - MSN Encarta
Immigration & Population of U.S. (Douglas Ubelaker estimates)
Source: http://www.jaha.org/edu/discovery_center/push-pull/chart_w_events.html
Immigration to U.S. by Region of Origin, 1821-2000Source:http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=6019&sequence=0
Ethnicity of 2008 UCI Freshmen Class (UCI Admissions Office) EthnicityPercent Asian/Asian American 55.3% Caucasian (includes Middle Eastern) 21.7% Mexican American 11.5% Spanish American 3.6% No response or Unknown 3.5% African American 2.0% Other 2.2% American Indian <1%
Remittances • A “remittance” is usually defined as money sent from one place or person to another. A remittance economy is one dependent on such money transfers, often from a family member abroad to relatives back home. • There are also political and cultural remittances.