Dr. Gregg Andrews
Office: TMH-217
Email: ga05@txstate.edu
Phone: (512)245-2240
Dr. Gregg Andrews, Professor of History and Assistant Director of the Center for Texas Music History at Texas State University-San Marcos, received his Ph. D. from Northern Illinois University in 1988. He is a labor historian whose awards include a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship and an Andrew Mellon Predoctoral Teaching Fellowship in the Humanities. In addition to having published several articles and anthology essays, he is the author of three scholarly books, two of which have won national awards: City of Dust: A Cement Company Town in the Land of Tom Sawyer (University of Missouri Press, paperback ed., 2002, originally published in 1996); Insane Sisters: Or, the Price Paid for Challenging a Company Town (University of Missouri Press, 1999); and Shoulder to Shoulder? The American Federation of Labor, the United States, and the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1924 (University of California Press, 1991). Dr. Andrews, who is also a published singer-songwriter and assistant editor of the Journal of Texas Music History, uses public performances, classrooms, and scholarship to integrate music and history. He is currently working on a book on Texas labor and working-class culture during the Great Depression. His current work includes a study of black longshoremen in the Galveston strike of 1920, and of the larger struggle of black trade unionists against racial segregation and discriminatory practices in the Texas State Federation of Labor. He is also working on an article on the history of Cheatham Street Warehouse in San Marcos
Classes taught :
History 1310
This survey course examines the evolution of American social, political, and economic institutions and the ideological framework in which these institutions developed from the colonial era through Reconstruction. Special attention will be given to the global forces that influenced the cultural development of the young American nation. Besides focusing on the American Revolution and the forging of a national identity in the face of regional, social, cultural, and political conflicts, we will survey the underlying issues that led to the Civil War and shaped Reconstruction.
Since this course is designated as a multicultural survey of U.S. history, we will examine the evolution of American institutions and experiences within a framework that emphasizes how racial and ethnic minorities have shaped and have been shaped by the contours of American society. This approach includes the study of groups traditionally ignored or viewed as peripheral to the "mainstream" of American history, including but not limited to African Americans, Native Americans, Mexican Americans, and other immigrant groups. It recognizes that many groups have built America--although often outside the parameters of the dominant political and social structure--but it does not study them in isolation from each other or from the dominant culture. A multicultural history takes into account individual differences and the subtleties of status, gender, thought, and action within these diverse groups.
History 1320
This survey course examines American history from 1877 to the present. After an overview of the Reconstruction Era, we will explore the social, economic, and political impact of industrialization upon American society. Our coverage of 20th century America will pay special attention to the role of the U.S. in world affairs and the emergence of a corporate economy. There will be a strong emphasis on the links between economics and politics. We will look at how diverse Americans have struggled individually and collectively to secure a better life, promote intellectual and social growth, and express a national identity in the context of domestic and international political conflicts.
Since this course is designated as a multicultural survey of U.S. history, we will examine the evolution of American institutions and experiences within a framework that emphasizes how racial and ethnic minorities have shaped and have been shaped by the contours of American society. This approach includes the study of groups traditionally ignored or viewed as peripheral to the "mainstream" of American history, including but not limited to African Americans, Native Americans, Mexican Americans, and other immigrant groups. It recognizes that many groups have built America--although often outside the parameters of the dominant political and social structure--but it does not study them in isolation from each other or from the dominant culture. A multicultural history takes into account individual differences and the subtleties of status, gender, thought, and action within these diverse groups.
History 3341
This course examines U.S. History from World War I through World War II. We will focus on political economy and pay special attention to the relationship between labor, capital, and the State in industrial America. The role of the U.S. in world affairs will be studied within the context of the crisis of international capitalism, the Bolshevik Revolution, inter-capitalist rivalries, and the rise of fascism in the inter-war period. We will explore the origins of both world wars and their transforming impact on American society. The following themes will receive special attention: theories of imperialism, the decline of Progressivism, radical movements, the Great Depression, creation of the New Deal State, the corporate economy, organized labor, and popular attitudes toward the role of government in American life during this period.
History 3375A
This course examines the history of American labor in the era of the Industrial Revolution from the end of Reconstruction through World War II. We will study the experiences of organized and unorganized workers in the context of their social, cultural, political, and workplace environments, and we will investigate the role of labor in shaping American industrial society and institutions. There will be a strong emphasis on how the intersection of gender, race, ethnicity, class, and region shaped workers' response to industrial capitalism. In addition, we will explore how arrangements in domestic political economy influenced organized labor's response to foreign policy issues. Working-class institutions, traditions, and political ideology will receive special attention. We will also study the relationship between radical movements and organized labor. Finally, the course will examine managerial and public policy initiatives designed to promote labor peace and stabilize industrial relations in an era that was rocked by major conflicts between labor and capital.
A course in American labor history is, of necessity, multicultural in focus. By placing working people on the center stage of American history, we explore how women, the vast majority of white men, and racial and ethnic minorities have contributed to our nation's economy, society, and political life. This means a more expansive history that includes groups traditionally ignored or viewed as peripheral to "mainstream" American history. It does not study these diverse groups in isolation from each other, however, or from the dominant culture, and it takes into account individual differences and the subtleties of status, gender, thought, and action.
History 5351
This graduate seminar explores the interplay of domestic forces that shaped politics and reform movements between the 1890s and 1918. We will examine the politics of reform in the context of efforts to resolve deep social problems associated with the rise of industrial capitalism. From woman suffragists to businessmen who pushed reform in order to undercut the appeal of socialism, Progressivism grew out of many different and often contradictory currents. Reformers from divergent social backgrounds, with divergent aims, attacked political corruption, abuse of corporate power, urban problems, gender-based exclusion, racial segregation, and the instability of widespread conflicts between labor and capital. They endorsed an interventionist role for the State in harmonizing American industrial society.
Readings will focus on the complex strands of Progressive thought, the sources and objectives of reform movements, and their impact upon American politics. These readings will introduce students to lively interpretive differences among historians over the basic tendencies and meaning of this period.
History 5351C
This graduate seminar explores the impact of race, gender, and ethnicity upon American Labor History. We will read works that integrate race, gender, and ethnicity as categories of analysis into the study of class formation, experiences, and consciousness within the American labor force. Our focus will be on unorganized as well as organized workers in the context of their social, cultural, political, and workplace environments. We will also investigate the role of labor in shaping American industrial society and its political institution, and we will study the relationship between organized labor and other reform movements that have shaped American history. The major emphasis will be on readings covering the period from 1877 to 1945, but some of the works will extend beyond 1945.
Readings focus on the historiographical currents within American Labor History that emphasize how race, gender, and ethnicity have influenced the labor movement. These readings will introduce students to lively interpretive differences among labor historians and raise important questions about the future of labor and trade unions in an economy that relies increasingly on a culturally diverse labor force.
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