HIS 350 - Race, Class and Gender in the Maritime World

Class Hours: 3, Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): HIS 100 or HIS 101, EGL 100 or equivalent
The maritime world as viewed through the lenses of race, class and gender, and a look at the role these social constructs play in American and global maritime history. Topics to be covered include, but are not limited to: maritime labor and marginalized workers, the “radical seas” and the ocean as heterotroph, women at sea and the paradox of femininity. The changing nature of maritime labor, and the increasingly globalized nature of the industry, will be examined from a variety of perspectives.
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