Urbanization, immigration, and social change in the Gilded Age

By the end you’ll be able to

• Explain the causes of urbanization in the late nineteenth century, including industrial employment, migration, and immigration.
• Explain how new waves of immigration from southern and eastern Europe and from Asia contributed to demographic change and intensified debates over assimilation, labor, and citizenship.
• Compare the experiences of different immigrant, ethnic, racial, and class groups in growing cities.