J. Pablo Silva  

Fall Semester 2011

History 327. Labor in Twentieth-Century Latin America

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Syllabus

Week 2: September 5
Week 3: September 12
Week 4: September 19
Week 5: September 26
Week 6: October 3
Week 7: October 10
Week 8: October 24
Week 9: October 31
Week 10: November 7
Week 11: November 14
Week 12: November 21
Week 13: November 28
Week 14: December 5

Required Texts

Research Paper

Grading

 

 
Section 1. Common Readings (weeks 1-7)
Thursday, 25 August
What is the Global Context?
  Bender, "The Transformation of Liberalism."
   
Tuesday, 30 August
What are the Classic Views on Latin American Labor?
  Hall & Spalding, on blackboard.
Bergquist, Intro, on blackboard.
   
Thursday, 1 September
What are the Classic Views on Latin American Labor?
  Skidmore, on blackboard.

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Tuesday, 6 September
What are the Classic Views on Chilean Labor?
 

Bergquist, Chile, on blackboard.
DeShazo, "The Valparaíso Maritime Strike."
   
Thursday, 8 September
What are the Classic Views on Chilean Labor?
  Loveman, "Industrial Relations in Chile."

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Week 3
Tuesday, 13 September
What are the more recent views?
 

Hutchison, "Anarchism and the Politics of Sexuality."
Klubock, "Working Class Masculinity."
   
Thursday, 15 September
What are the more recent views?
  Silva, "Party Competition and the Social Question."

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Week 4  
Tuesday, 20 September
What are the Classic Views on Argentine Labor?
 

Bergquist.
Korzeniewicz, "Labor Unrest in Argentina, I."
   
Thursday, 22 September
What are the Classic Views on Argentina?
 

James, "October 17th and 18th."
   
Friday, 23 September
Paper Topics are Due.

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Week 5  
Tuesday, 27 September
What are more recent Views?
  Adelman, "Reflections on Argentine Labour."
Adelman, "Political Ruptures and Organized Labor."
   
Thursday, 29 September
What are more recent Views?
  Karush, e-reserve.
Horowitz, e-reserve.

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Week 6  
Tuesday, 4 October
How have debates on Brazilian Labor Proceeded?
 

Joel Wolfe, "Anarchist Ideology."
John French, "Practice and Ideology."
Wolfe, "Response."
   
Thursday, 6 October
Have the Debates Changed the Views?
  Bak, "Labor, Community and the Making of an Alliance."

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Week 7  
Tuesday, 11 October
What is the Very Big Picture?
  Stern, "Feudalism, Capitalism, and the World System."
Viotti, "Experience versus Structure."
   
Thursday, 13 October
What is the Big Picture?
  Weinstein, "Developing Inequality."

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Section 2. Research Projects (weeks 8-14)
Week 8  
Tuesday, 25 October
No Class Discussion this Week.
 

We will meet Tuesday to assign presentation dates. Otherwise, work on your Primary Source Analysis.
   
Thursday, 27 October
  Four of You.
   
Friday, 28 October

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Week 9  
Tuesday, 1 November
  Four of You.
   
Thursday, 3 November
  Three of you.

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Week 10  
Tuesday, 8 November
  Three of you.
   
Thursday, 10 November
  Two.

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Week 11  
Tuesday, 15 November
  Three of you.
   
Thursday, 17 November
  Three.

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Week 12  
Tuesday, 22 November
  Two.
   
Thursday, 24 November
No Class
  Thanksgiving.

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Week 13  
Tuesday, 1 December
  Before drafting your paper read pp. 185-221, 263-282 of The Craft of Research.
   
Thursday, 3 December
Draft Review
  Three of You. Before drafting your paper read pp. 185-221, 263-282 of The Craft of Research.

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Week 14  
Tuesday, 8 December
Draft Review
  Three of You. Before drafting your paper read pp. 185-221, 263-282 of The Craft of Research.
   
Thursday, 10 December
Draft Review
  All come End of Cours evaluation. Two stay for Draft Review. Before drafting your paper read pp. 185-221, 263-282 of The Craft of Research.
   
Friday, 16 December
Final Draft Due Date

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