I think both the future of work reading and the Democratic Party readings complimented each other well. First off, Chloe Watlington’s absolutely devastating piece highlighted the human toll of deindustrialization […]
Stein’s piece was really compelling and managed to bridge so many different elements that led to break break up of the New Deal Order. I appreciate her including the missteps by the Democratic party in its focus […]
I agree with both David and Hollis that the Cowie/Salvatore peice was very compelling. I’ve been aware of the arguments that the wide economic distribution and overall prosperity of the ‘Golden Age of Capitalism’ […]
I found this chapter to be an interesting insight into the effect that Black voter participation had on broader political narrative as well as the lower levels of governance. In particular, I think the inclusion […]
1) The nuclear family was built up by capital, yet threatened by it as owners sought to increase production. To what extent has the family strengthened class solidarity and to whet extent has it limited it?
Wilkerson, Bernstein and Fligstein were a very complimentary set of readings. As Hollis wrote, Wilkerson put together an incredible series of narratives that demonstrated the lives of Black farmworkers in the Jim […]
Postel’s history of the populist movement and the related conservative response was well-crafted and dynamic, breathing air into a part of political history that often dismissed (at least in my experience). As […]
In Empire’s Tracks, Manu Karuka lays out a history of the transcontinental railroad as the nexus of colonialism and capitalism in an westwardly expanding United States. This “Railway Imperialism” runs from the e […]
I appreciate Chris’ solid analysis of Dubois. He dials in well on this argument that class structure in America, even between the white workers and the white capitalist, are forged though their relationship to […]
While I agree with the critique that Wlientz was too focussed on a certain subdivision of society, certainly woman’s labor — even if only within the home — needs to be considered, I did find this text to be a […]
I agree with Hulya’s reading of Lamoreaux that her rejection of the capitalist/non-capitalist dichotomy sheds light on the many grey areas that occurred during the transition to a capitalist society. Hulya’s also […]
