This coming week we will be reading about some of the conflicts between labor and capital that occurred during the 19th Century in the United States. Specifically students will be reading Chapter 10 from Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States. This will continue our theme of examining US industrialization and urbanization. We are learning about this theme because it continues to impact and shape our world. As Zinn notes in his chapter:
The stories of the Anti-Renter movement and Dorr's Rebellion are not usually found in textbooks on United States history. In these books, given to millions of young Americans, there is little on class struggle in the nineteenth century. The period before and after the Civil War is filled with politics, elections, slavery, and the race question. Even where specialized books on the Jacksonian period deal with labor and economic issues they center on the presidency, and thus perpetuate the traditional dependency on heroic leaders rather than people's struggles. (Zinn, 216)
Audio Clips of the Chapter
Class Presentation Documents
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