Browsing FAS Theses and Dissertations by Keyword "Labor"
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American Lucifers: Makers and Masters of the Means of Light, 1750-1900
(2014-06-06)This dissertation examines the social history of Atlantic and American free and unfree labor by focusing on the production and consumption of the means of light from the colonial period to the end of the nineteenth century. ... -
Building Japan's Empire: Local Practice and Colonial Expertise in Northeast China, 1905–1953
(2021-05-14)This dissertation explores the development of Japanese legal, social, and technological expertise in colonial spaces in Northeast China (historically Manchuria). This dissertation is at the intersection of three fields: ... -
Entrepreneurial: Management Expertise and the Reinvention of the American Work Ethic
(2022-05-15)This dissertation analyzes the development of the work ethic in the United States over the course of the twentieth century –– the cultural structure that impels people to work more than is strictly necessary to meet their ... -
Essays on Gender, Intra-Household Allocation and Development
(2014-06-06)This dissertation studies gender, intra-household allocation and development. Industrialization and globalization has expanded opportunities for women in developing countries to work in manufacturing and service sector ... -
The Macroeconomic Consequences of Microeconomic Phenomena in the Housing and Labor Markets
(2014-06-06)This dissertation consists of three independent chapters, each of which use microeconomic data and methods to inform an analysis of macroeconomic models and questions. The first two chapters study the short-run dynamics ... -
Minting Slavery in the Colonial Andes: Labor and Race in Potosí and Lima
(2022-05-10)Historians of racial ideologies in Latin America have long debated about their origins, antecedents, development, and connections to slavery. My dissertation project contends that labor history is an essential lens for ... -
Performative Labor: An Ethnography on South Korea’s Magazine Industry
(2021-09-15)The belief that cultural goods are made by individuals with superior taste and skills has been central to the formation and reproduction of culture industries. In recent years, it has become ever more critical for workers ...