History 221 - American Labor Radicalism

Institution:

Macalester College

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Description:

This course probes the history of labor radicalism as a specific current within the stream of social and political thought and movements, up to the rank and file movements of the 1970s and 1980s. Along the way we explore the Knights of Labor and the populists of the Gilded Age, the Socialists and Communists and other radicals of the Great Depression. Particular attention is paid to the experiences and contributions of women and racial and ethnic minorities. Alternate years. (4 credits)

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.macalester.edu

Phone Number:

(651) 696-6000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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