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WORK AND WORKERS IN US HISTORY
WORK AND WORKERS IN US HISTORY
2020 Spring Term
History-Rock County 210
This course examines changes in work methods, culture & experiences of working people in US history from colonial days through the present. Topics include: indentured servitude & free labor in colonial America, slavery in the antebellum US, industrialization, the rise & fall of unions, the role of workers in the two World Wars, & the technological & service industries of the late 20th & early 21st centuries. As an Ethnic Studies (ES) course, this course thoroughly integrates the experiences of African Americans, Native Americans, & Hispanics into US labor history in a manner that fosters underst&ing & appreciation of the perspectives & experiences of these groups as well as their contributions to, & interactions within, America's wider labor history.
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