Richard Biernacki, Associate Professor
Ph.D. - UC Berkeley, 1988

Areas of Specialization: Theory, History of Labor, Nationalism, Historical Methods, Culture

Email Address:   rbiernac@ucsd.edu
Phone number:    858-534-5388
Office location:  470 Social Science Building

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Rick Biernacki received his PhD from U.C. Berkeley in 1989. In THE FABRICATION OF LABOR: GERMANY AND BRITAIN, 1640- 1914 (University of California, 1995), he compares the influence of culture on the execution of factory manufacture. His interests are classical and contemporary theory, comparative method, and culture. His research focuses on the historical invention of key forms of cultural practice in Europe, including the categories of labor as a commodity, ethnic identity, and property in ideas.

Classes to be taught in 2007/08:
Winter 2007
SOCG 201A - Classical Sociological Theory I
SOCD 178 - The Holocaust

Spring 2008
SOCG 207 - Comparative-Historical Methods
SOCL 20 - Social Change in the Modern World

Book:
Biernacki, R.: The Fabrication of Labor: Germany and Britain , 1640-1941, University of California Press, 1995.

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