United States Labor History

United States Labor History is a Social Science course taught by Laurie Nisonoff.

This course satisfies Division I requirements.

Course Description
This course will explore the history of the American working class from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. We will use traditional historical concepts such as industrialism and trade unions, immigration, and organization; integrate the insights of the ?new social and labor history? to focus on unionization, strikes, and development of working-class communities, consciousness and culture; and work to understand a working class divided along race, ethnic, and gender lines. Strategies employed by industrialists and the state to mold and control the working class will be considered, along with responses and strategies employed by the working class to gain political and economic power. This class is an introduction to and essential component of concentrations in labor studies, political economy, American studies, and feminist studies. Requirements: participation in class discussion and completion of several papers or projects.

Learning Goals

 * Multi-Cultural
 * Project-based
 * Reading
 * Writing