Labor
Freedom and the U.S. Civil War
Jeanie Attie (Long Island University) examines the significance of slavery to the people who fought in and lived during the American Civil War.
What’s NEW about the New Deal?
Gerald Markowitz (John Jay College and The Graduate Center, CUNY) describes how FDR's New Deal changed the relationship between the U.S. government and the people.
Land and Labor in the Era of Reconstruction
Martha Hodes (New York University) explores the many meanings of freedom that emerged at the end of the Civil War.
