AMST 192b - er&m 190b,Work and Daily Life in Global Capitalism

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Yale University

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Michael Denning. tth1-2.15 WR,Hu (26) An introduction to the worlds of twentieth-century capitalism, from Ford to Sony and from Unilever to Microsoft, with particular attention to transformations in work and daily life. Topics include the metal-working cities and industrial plantations of the first decades of the century; the social and cultural upheavals of global depression and world war; the midcentury challenges of communism, social democracy, and decolonization; the rise of service economies and the shifts in women's work; the popular uprisings and cultural revolutions of the 1960s and 1970s; and the conflicts over globalization and neoliberalism in the last quarter century.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.yale.edu

Phone Number:

(203) 432-4771

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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