AMST 20100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Emma Goldman, Xenophobia, Haymarket Affair
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Five ways of reading ragtime: an exploration of the progressive era, the progressive era, 1890-1920, massive immigration, increased wealth gap, reformism. Era where many parts of society are interested in changing america for the better. Coalhouse walker (car ordeal with the fire department: worker"s rights. Haymarket riot, tateh in lawrence: as a celebration of america as a nation of immigrants. Emma goldman: 1907: 1. 3 million people legally enter the us, 1910: 14% of the us population is foreign-born, current record, we"re projected to surpass this record soon, xenophobia: fear of outsiders, especially people from other countries, ex. Anti-irish sentiment in the 19th century: contradictions, chinese exclusion (1882-1943) The chinese were seen as too foreign: immigration act of 1924 (johnson-reed act) Capped immigration at 2% of total population. America: a literary work that blends fact and fiction, real-life characters: based on real, historically documented people, ex. Nesbitt, emma goldman, admiral perry, freud: allegorical characters: represent types of people, ex.
