For the past 10 weeks, we have examined the history and sociology of the U.S. immigration experience ...

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For the past 10 weeks, we have examined the history and sociology of the U.S. immigration experience. For the class project, you will have the opportunity to do a project that is focused on the immigration experience in Los Angeles. Broadly speaking, you can choose to be inspired by Takaki’s A Different Mirror and write a history of a specific immigrant group. Over the years, students have written about the history of Armenians, Italians, Japanese, Mexicans, Jews, Persians, and other groups in Los Angeles and Southern California. Other students have relied on Portes and Rumbaut’s Immigrant America and have written on contemporary issues in immigrant communities in Southern California. On this front, students have written about the sociology of ethnic enclaves, the political mobilization of immigrant communities, and the impact of immigrants on specific cities and neighborhoods ranging from Canoga Park to Irvine. In addition to academic research papers, students have written photo essays of immigrant communities that capture two to three themes in A Different Mirror and Immigrant America.