American Labor History from 1776 to Recent Times
HIST 266
Spring 2014 not offered
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This is a lecture/discussion course designed to help students acquire a good introduction to the history of labor in the United States, broadly conceived. It includes wage labor, chattel slavery, and domestic work; slave owners, employers, supervisors, and corporate officials of many different sorts; law and law enforcement at the municipal, state, and federal levels; intellectuals, popular beliefs, and ideologies; and the influence of race, nationality, gender, religion, region, migration, and economic and technological change. Although the focus is on the United States, connections with, and comparisons to, other nations will be highlighted. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Major Requirement for: (AMST)(HIST-MN)(HIST)(SISP-Hist Conc) |
Major Readings:
Melvyn Dubofsky and Joseph A. McCartin, eds., AMERICAN LABOR: A DOCUMENTARY COLLECTION (2004)
Peter Kolchin, AMERICAN SLAVERY, 1619-1877, 2nd ed. (2003)
Thomas Bell, OUT OF THIS FURNACE (1941, 1976)
and others to be announced
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Examinations and Assignments:
An essay interpreting a primary document, a research essay, and a final exam |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Attend class regularly, having carefully read the material and ready for discussion |
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