HIST 2819 — HIST-2819 Special Topics in The History of the American Worker from 1877 to A.I
This course traces the history of American labor from Reconstruction to the age of artificial intelligence, examining how work, technology, and social movements have shaped one another. Students study industrialization, unionization, deindustrialization, and automation, focusing on how race, gender, and policy structured opportunity and exclusion. Emphasis is placed on how labor has been redlined and redefined across eras. By connecting past and present, the course helps students understand their place in a changing economy and the evolving meaning of work in Northeast Ohio and beyond.