Monday, Sept. 20: Class, Labor, and Immigration in Industrializing America


I. The Dynamics of US Economic Growth: 1860s to the 1910s (continued)

a) Land & Resources
b) Transportation (expanding markets)
c) Technology
d) The Emergence of the Modern Corporation
e) “The Visible Hand”: Shaping the Market (example: Sears and Roebuck)

II. Workers and Work

a) Native and Immigrant Labor
b) The Transformation of the Workplace
C) The Rise of a Modern Labor Movement

III. The Ideological and Legal Foundations of Corporate Capitalism

a) Laissez Faire – Social Darwinism and Capitalism
b) Law and Capitalism