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HIS365 AMER LABOR HIST| 3 - Credit Hours

History and Social Studies EduArts & Sciences
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Subject Code

HIS

Course Number

365

Department(s)

History and Social Studies Edu

Academic Level (Course Level)

Undergraduate

Course Title

AMERICAN LABOR HISTORY

Course Description

Readings and bibliography on the role of workers in American life. Slaves, indentured servants, wage earners, and craftsmen. The rise of organized labor from colonial times. The history of the Knights of Labor, the American Federation of Labor, the Congress of Industrial Organizations, and independent unions, with related issues of immigration, radicalism and political action, and contemporary labor problems. Offered occasionally.

Course Types

GEC Elective, Social Science;

Credit Hours Min

3

Lecture Hours Min

3