Overview
The requirement for the first question is, 20 sentence / 500 word limit. There is no need to cite sources.
First question: Explain how the history of industrialization, deindustrialization and demarcated devaluation in West Oakland created a landscape of racially differentiated risk through at least two specific racial projects. Describe key geographic features of this landscape, affected communities, and specific forms of risk and vulnerability discussed in assigned readings and/or lecture. Then explain how environmental justice can provide an effective framework for addressing the specific forms of risk and vulnerability discussed in assigned readings and/or lecture. In your response, be sure to do the following:
- State a clear thesis in response to the prompt.
- Demonstrate a clear understanding of the key terms and concepts in the prompt by defining and applying them.
- Use examples from reading and/or lecture.
- State a conclusion that builds on your thesis and is based on your argument.
- 10 sentence / 250 word limit per answer. There is no need to cite sources.
The requirements for the following questions are, 250 word limit per answer. There is no need to site sources.
Question 2: Compare the experiences of Japanese and Chinese immigrants in terms of their relative success in establishing rural settlements, accumulating wealth, and moving into entrepreneurship in California between 1849 and 1941. Question 3: Describe developmental leasing and explain how it served the interests of both Chinese reclamation workers and white land owners in the California Delta. Question 4: Explain why you think that either Takaki’s notion of the American errand into the wilderness or Walker’s notion of prospector capitalism offers a better framework for understanding the building of the Central Pacific Railroad.