AMST 30380 - United States Labor History

Institution:

University of Notre Dame

Subject:

American Studies

Description:

The Labor Questions " Who does the work? Who reaps the rewards? And "Who makes the decisions?" are central to any society, and this course explores how those questions have been answered throughout the history of the United States of America. "Working for a Living in the U.S." will introduce you to the major themes, events, organizations, individuals, and scholarly controversies in American labor history, from 1776 to the present. We will study the diversity of the working-class experience in the U.S. by exploring the past from multiple perspectives, and we will analyze competing interpretations put forth by labor historians over the past half-century. The workers, workplaces, communities, institutions, and issues will range widely over the semester, but we will investigate some core themes for the duration: issues of power, structure, and agency, from the workplace to Washington, D.C.; workers' wide-ranging efforts to forge organizations, namely labor unions, to represent their collective interests; intersections between class, race, and gender at work, at home, at play, and in politics; and tensions between capitalism, industrialization, and democracy in U.S. history.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.nd.edu

Phone Number:

(574) 631-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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