In the early nineteenth century, the rise of industrialism and the accelerated enclosure of farmable land combined to drive England's rural population into rapidly growing urban centers. London, in particular, was ill-equipped to deal with the resulting population boom, and labo…
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This constructionist phenomenological dissertation study explored stories from nine working-class, first-generation college students, specifically how middle-class socialization on a four-year university campus located in the Mountain West region of the United States impacts the…
During the Progressive Era, a number of reform mayors assumed office in cities throughout America. Three Midwestern cities, Detroit, Michigan, and Toledo and Cleveland, Ohio, were particularly blessed in this regard. Hazen S. Pingree of Detroit, elected in 1889, challenged priva…
In the late 1960s and 1970s, thousands of young black, white, Asian, and Latino radicals from diverse class backgrounds concluded that a deep and long-lasting transformation of the nation's politics required them to concentrate their organizing efforts on worksites and within tr…
This thesis discusses the complex and ambiguous relationship between the working class and religion in early twentieth century English Canada. This relationship is assessed through the examination of the national and local response of the Protestant and Catholic churches to labo…
Many companies located within the United States have cut costs by outsourcing back office managerial positions. The impact of outsourcing on American workers has been investigated. Although researchers have examined the business motivations for outsourcing and foreign direct inv…
My thesis project, American Standard, comprised of the works Fixtures and Lights Out, addresses issues surrounding automation by utilizing processes that have rendered the shift-worker nearly obsolete. In American Standard, I have replaced workers with 3D scanning,
In the early twenty-first century, national media claimed that the the Fox River Valley was one of the most conservative parts of Wisconsin. It has not always been so. This dissertation demonstrates that the region has been on the frontline of battles over the shape and meaning …
This study seeks to better understand the heterogeneous lives and political cultures of the poor majorities during a period in Mexican history (1970s-1990s) of capitalist transition to neoliberalism and political democratization. The emerging historiography on 1970s and 1980s Me…
This thesis is the first to examine Irish American Union service using the words of the ordinary rank and file who fought it. It does so through an analysis of more than 1100 letters written by almost 400 Irish American servicemen, which were uncovered through an assessment of c…
בעבודה זו אני מבקש לבחון את תהליך התפתחותו של מוסד השביתה בישראל בשנים 1954-1949 ,דרך הצבת העובדים עצמם כסובייקט המרכזי של יחסי העב ו דה. נקודת המבט שממנה יצאתי במחקר זה היא בחינה של ה'היסטוריה מלמטה'. מרבית הכתיבה ההיסטורית ביחס לתנועת העבודה עוסקת בבחינה של המנהיגים, המוסדות ו…
In the past 60 years, the number of low-to-working class White voters who have deserted the Democratic Party and instead support Republican candidates has steadily increased. Low-to-working-class Americans of other races have not abandoned the Democratic Party in comparable ways…
"Seventy-seven songs--with words and sheet music--of solidarity, revolt, humor, and revolution. Compiled from several generations in America and from around the world, the songs and sheet music in this compendium were originally written in English, Danish, French, German, Italia…
Seventy-seven songs-with words and sheet music-of solidarity, revolt, humor, and revolution. Compiled from several generations in America and from around the world, the songs and sheet music in this compendium were originally written in English, Danish, French, German, Italian, …
Seventy-seven songs-with words and sheet music-of solidarity, revolt, humor, and revolution. Compiled from several generations in America and from around the world, the songs and sheet music in this compendium were originally written in English, Danish, French, German, Italian, …
This book addresses the educational, occupational, and income progress of Jews in the American labor market. Using theoretical and statistical findings, it compares the experience of American Jews with that of other Americans, from the middle of the 19th century through the 20th…
And Conclusions -- Appendix: Description of the Data -- References -- Part II: Upward Mobility -- Chapter 6: The Occupational Attainment and Earnings of American Jewry, 1890 to 1990 -- Introduction -- Data Sources -- Decennial Census Data -- Survey Data -- Data on Earnings -- Ch…
"In October 1932, the streets of Belfast were gripped by rioting. Railing at the indignity of the state's "relief" programs of poverty pay and hard outdoor labor, thousands of unarmed demonstrators fought extended pitched battles against heavily armed police, digging trenches an…