HIST 319 - American Labor History

Credit Hours: 3

This course explores the history of working people in the United States from the Colonial era to our “post industrial” or “globalized” present. The course continually returns to three broad areas of historical change: 1) modes of production and work experiences; 2) the continual making and re-making of the American working class; and 3) workers’ movements for social justice and the ideas that animated those movements. Students will deepen their understanding of the interplay of class, ethnicity, race, gender, and region in U.S. history and will be encouraged to think critically about their own work experiences.