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I DREAMED I SAW JOE HILL LAST NIGHT--READINGS

ESSENTIALS

WISE WORDS

"By three methods we may learn wisdom: by reflection, which is noblest; by imitation, which is easiest; and by experience, which is bitterest."

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--Confucius

READINGS

CURRENT WORK

PAST

SIMULATIONS

READINGS

Some words from Alyx Vance

(Half-Life 2, Episode Two)

"Prepare for unforeseen consequences."

Unit I: Joe Hill and the Wobblies

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Required

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Harmon, J., Harvey, T., Means, S. P., & Semerad, T. (2015). The legacy of Joe Hill. Salt Lake Tribune (retrieved April 14, 2017).

 

Levine, L. (1913). The development of syndicalism in America. Political Science Quarterly, 28 (3), 451-479.

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Thorburn, N. (2003). The Hobo Anomalous: Class, minorities and political invention in the Industrial Workers of the World. Social Movement Studies, 2 (1), 61-84.  

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Roscigno, V. J., & Hodson, R. (2004). The organizational and social foundations of worker resistance. American Sociological Review, 69 (1), 14-39.

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Suggested

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Alderson, W. (1942). On the Wobbly "Casey Jones" and other songs. California Folklore Quarterly, 1 (4), 373-376.

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Christiansen, J. A. (2009). "We Are All Leaders": Anarchism and the narrative of the Industrial Workers of the World. WorkingUSA, 12 (3), 387-401.

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Debs, E. V. (1918). The IWW bogey. International Socialist Review, 18 (8), 395-396.

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Unit II: The Hidden Link

 

Required

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Herskovits, M. J. (1937). African gods and Catholic saints in the new world Negro belief. American Anthropogist, N.S. 39, 635-643.

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Holbraad, M. (2008). Definitive evidence, from Cuban gods. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (N.S.), S93-S109.

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Ige, S. A. (2006). The cult of ancestors in African traditional religion. An Encyclopedia of the Arts, 10 (1), 26-31.

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Lefever, H. G. (1996). When the saints go riding in: Santeria in Cuba and the United States. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 35 (3), 318-330.

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Suggested

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Flores, Y. M. (1990). "Fit for a queen": Analysis of a consecration outfit in the cult of Yemaya. Folklore Forum, 23 (1/2), 47-56.

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Unit III: Immigrant Labor, an American Quandary

 

Required

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Bada, X. (2006). New trends and patterns in Mexican migrant labor organization. In J. A. Fox (Ed.), Invisible no more: Mexican migrant civic participation in the United States (pp. 15-22). Santa Cruz, CA: Woodrow Wilson Center. 

 

Bustamante, J. A. (2007). A dialectical understanding of the vulnerability of international migrants. In H. Vera & J. R. Feagin (Eds.), Handbook of the sociology of racial and ethnic relations (pp. 161-190). New York: Springer.  

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duFresne, E. J., & McDonnell, J. J. (1971). The migrant labor camps: Enclaves of isolation in our midst. Fordham Law Review, 40 (2), 279-304.

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Feldmann, A. E., & Olea, H. (2004). New formulas, old sins: Human rights abuses against migrant workers, asylum seekers, and refugees in the Americas. In N. Gordon (Ed.), From the margins of globalization: Critical perspectives on human rights (pp. 66-85). Lanham, MD: Lexingon Books.  

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Suggested

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Hansen, E., & Donohoe, M. (2003). Health issues of migrant and seasonal farmworkers. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 14 (2), 153-164. 

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Ynostronza, C. (1970). The farm worker: The beginning of a new awareness. The American University Law Review, 20, 39-53.

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