Professor Jerome Krase
James Hall 3501
718.951.5314
jkrase@brooklyn.cuny.edu
I will be available for student meetings shortly before and after each class. Preferably with a cup of coffee.
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Self and Community
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Welcome to my class. A Visual and Virtual approach to The Peopling of New York City with a focus on the vernacular landscapes of the neighborhood communities created and maintained by the various people who have come to the Big Apple over the course of four centuries. The course is based not only upon the usual, normal social science but on my (continuing) experience working with, and sometimes against, community groups and organizations in NYC, especially in Brooklyn. I began studying changing and inner city neighborhoods and later developed a specialty in ethnic neighborhoods especially Little Italies and more recently in Chinatowns. During the semester we will try as best we can to compare the experience of Original, Old, New, and Newest Immigrants to New York City.
Course Outline
There are approximately 14 weeks of class during the semester that will be roughly equally divided according to the following topics. Since there is so much to cover during the course of the semester the readings are assigned in such a way as to give you time to digest and therefore they may not conform exactly to what's happening in the classroom or in the field. Some of the last third's classes have been unassigned for readings so we can adjust as we progress. I will be providing you with copies of the additional and recommended readings periodically during the semester and will respond to requests for suggestions of other readings and materials. This website was designed by Jeff Drouin and our Tech Fellow this semester will be Aaron Liu-Rosenbaum.
1.Overview: Theories, Methods, and Perspectives
2.Indigenous Peoples and Old Immigrants 1626 - 1880
3.New Immigrants 1880 - 1945
4.Newest Immigrants 1945 - today
5.Immigrants to Ethnics
6.Review and Evaluation
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