HIS 3775Work and Revolution

Catalog

Prerequisite(s): ENG 1009 or ENG 1010 with a D or above Students in this course explore how working people have transformed the past two centuries of world history, and how historians have written about them. They are introduced to both the field of labor history and the fundamental principles of historical writing, including historiography, primary and secondary source analysis, and archival research. To do so, students focus on the power of collective and disruptive action, including strikes, shutdowns, sabotage, and protest, to bring about fundamental social change, and how such actions have been understood. Finally, students investigate a series essential questions that underpin the field of labor history, uncovering the role of working people in struggles for abolition, decolonization, universal suffrage, healthcare, racial and gender equality, and the right to the weekend.