WORK AND SOCIETY

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This course explores the social organization of work in the United States, from pre-industrial times to the present. It addresses how and why current work structures and practices emerged historically within a global context, and the social implications of these structures for various groups (based on race/ethnicity, immigration status, sexuality, and social class). The course grapples with the big questions: "How work is organized the way it is right now, how did we get here, and what might it look like in the future?"