HIST 324 - Slavery, Antislavery and Emancipation in American History

4 SS, CD, WR
This course examines multiple dimensions of two long-term, technologically based social processes that have profoundly transformed how Americans live, work, relate to one another, and think about the world. We will begin with the history of American industrialization in the nineteenth century and then turn our attention to the Information Revolution currently underway. Among the issues we will explore are the relationship between technological progress and the distribution of wealth and opportunity in the United States, the impact of technology on gender roles and the sexual division of labor, the experience of community and alienation in different technological contexts, people’s perceived sense of time and space, and utopian and dystopian visions of the future.

Prerequisites & Notes
Consent of Instructor required
Mr. Kornblith
Next offered 2008-09.

Credits: 4 hours