LABOUR HISTORY

The course is among the Core Educational Activities of the Bachelor's degree course in History.
The aim of the course is the knowledge of Italian Labour History, from the Industrial Revolution to present time.

Knowledge and understanding:
- knowledge of the major features of Italian Labour History
- knowledge of the major events and processes of the historical period
- knowledge of the more relevant historical sources of Labour History
- comprehension of the interdisciplinary nature of labour issues (history, economics, sociology, anthropology)

Ability to apply knowledge and understanding:
- ability to critical analysis of Labour History sources
- ability to situate in time the labour changes
- ability to recognize the historical dimension of labour problems in present times

Communication skills:
- know how to intervene in a collective discussion with a proper terminology
- know how to critically analyse sources

Knowledge of general outlines of contemporay history.

Workers masks

The course sets out to provide the knowledge of Labour History in Italy from the Industrial Revolution to present time, focusing on the making of the working class and the cultures of labour. During the lessons, we will discuss types of workers belonging to different worlds (city and country; men and women; artisans, factory workers, service workers), drawing on a large range of documents, such as novels, inquiries and autobiographies.

Stefano Musso, Gli operai, tra centro e periferia, in Id., Operai, Rosenberg & Sellier, Torino 2006, pp. 13-107 (il saggio verrà fornito su moodle)
Friedrich Engels, La situazione della classe operaia in Inghilterra. In base a osservazioni dirette e fonti autentiche, 1845 (ne esistono diverse edizioni)

One book at choice between:
Andrea Sangiovanni, Tute blu. La parabola operaia nell'Italia repubblicana, Donzelli, Roma 2006
Alessandra Pescarolo, Il lavoro delle donne nell'Italia contemporanea, Viella, Roma 2019

The exam will be an oral assessement.

50% lectures, 50% reading and discussion of the sources.

Italian

oral

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Circular economy, innovation, work" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development