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Global Capitalism Initiative Workshop: The Iron Heel

Head's Conference Room, LeConte Hall

The Global Capitalism Initiative is excited to announce our first workshop. An assortment of paninis and salads from the Fresh Market will be offered for lunch.

Wage Slaves and Revolutionists: The Historical Background of Jack London's The Iron Heel

We will be reading and commenting on a chapter from recent PhD in English Jon Falsarella Dawson's book manuscript, The California Naturalists: Frank Norris, Jack London, and John Steinbeck. The piece focuses on Jack London's dystopian novel, The Iron Heel (1908). Dawson situates The Iron Heel within its historical context, examining how London incorporated events from his contemporary society into a representation of a capitalist oligarchy that subjugates labor for centuries until a successful revolution.

Please contact Alisha M. Cromwell, alishamc@uga.edu, to receive instructions for downloading the paper through sendfiles.uga.edu. The Global Capitalism Initiative is funded by the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts.

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