HIST 1600 - History of Work and American Workers

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Minneapolis Community and Technical College

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Description:

3.00 credits (3.00 lec) This course is a survey of the labor history of work and workers and of how it has been transformed by class, race and gender over the course of American history. Beginning with indigenous American Indian cultures and ending with the global capitalist economy of the present, this course examines how economic, technological, political, social, and cultural forces, including sexism and racism, interacted to change work and U.S. society. The course also looks at how different groups of working people, women and men of diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds, struggled to organize and respond to the changes going on around them. Fulfills MnTC Goal Areas 5 and 7. Prerequisites: Placement into READ 0200 or placement into ESOL 0052 or completion of READ 0100 or ESOL 0042 with faculty recommendation into ESOL 0052; placement into ENGL 1110 or completion of ENGL 0900 or ESOL 0051.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.minneapolis.edu

Phone Number:

(612) 659-6000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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