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Im elizabeth howell, a professor in the department of history. Im here as guest lecture today in labor history. Id like to welcome to my world and to talk a little bit about 1970s in many ways, the 1970s is our probably the most contested historical turf right now. As we talked about before, historians their minds, they find new evidence they find new arguments and new takes on the decades they study and the 1970s is really no different. I think originally the culture we tend to think of them as of the rebellion light decade in which would focus disco and focus the conservative backlash. But i...

Im elizabeth howell, a professor in the department of history. Im here as guest lecture today in labor history. Id like to welcome to my world and to talk a little bit about 1970s in many ways, the 1970s is our probably the most contested historical turf right now. As we talked about before, historians their minds, they find new evidence they find new arguments and new takes on the decades they study and the 1970s is really no different. I think originally the culture we tend to think of them as of the rebellion light decade in which would focus disco and focus the conservative backlash. But i...

As we talked about before, historians their minds, they find new evidence they find new arguments and new takes on the decades they study and the 1970s is really no different. I think originally the culture we tend to think of them as of the rebellion light decade in which would focus disco and focus the conservative backlash. But in fact theyre one of the most important decades for the american working class and in labor history. So today, title the times they are changing apologies to bob dylan is really about how this decade was a of fundamental in the workplace in the workforce and in work...

Tonights speakers. Jamie mccallum is associate professor of sociology, Middlebury College and has work has been featured in the new york times, new yorker, washington post, jacobin, dissent and, numerous scholarly journals. Jamie is also an elected School Board Representative in vermont and a volunteer. He is joined in conversation tonight by Daniel Schneider the Malcolm Weiner professor of social policy at the Harvard Kennedy and professor of sociology at harvard university. His focuses on precarious work, demography and inequality air tonight. Jamie presenting his new book, a central how the...

Tonights speakers. Jamie mccallum is associate professor of sociology, Middlebury College and has work has been featured in the new york times, new yorker, washington post, jacobin, dissent and, numerous scholarly journals. Jamie is also an elected School Board Representative in vermont and a volunteer. He is joined in conversation tonight by Daniel Schneider the Malcolm Weiner professor of social policy at the Harvard Kennedy and professor of sociology at harvard university. His focuses on precarious work, demography and inequality air tonight. Jamie presenting his new book, a central how the...