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Published Papers by Michael Calderón-Zaks
Journal of World-Systems Research, 2022
Though the world-systems school has argued that globalization has been a long process over the la... more Though the world-systems school has argued that globalization has been a long process over the last five centuries, globalization is often only synonymous with the late twentieth century. Globalization has gained a lot of attention in the context of declining blue-collar job sectors, but the technologies that enabled it had already displaced workers on U.S. railroads. To bridge both schools, railroads are the perfect setting for this study since it's at the intersection of race, labor, technological changes, and globalization. Mexicans once accounted for ninety percent of track workers in the U.S. Southwest, but after gaining higher wages by the early 1950s, most of their jobs were lost to automation by the 1960s. While faster and larger cargo ships and railroads in recent decades have been synonymous with globalization, the technologies and infrastructure didn't enable that global process until the 1970s at the earliest. Technological changes eliminated more jobs on the tracks before 1970 than to globalization since. Globalization was not possible without those technological changes.
Migration, Racism, and Labor Exploitation in the World System (Routledge Political Economy of the World-System Annuals), 2021
Proceedings of the Pacific Coast Council on Latin American Studies, 2005
In this article I briefly examine the perceived role of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South A... more In this article I briefly examine the perceived role of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa-also known as the BRICS-as an alternative to the West in the Global South. Their patterns of development must be placed in the context of the West's development prior to and during the twentieth century. In fact, the burden of "development" remains on the shoulders of the people on the peripheries of the Americas and Africa.
legislative avenues were sought, including the Census and the courts. The 1930 Census was the onl... more legislative avenues were sought, including the Census and the courts. The 1930 Census was the only census that categorized Mexicans as a separate "race."In the context of a changing racial formation in the United States, this unique category was reversed in 1936 due to Mexican-American leaders leveraging the fragility of the "Good Neighbor Policy" to force the Federal government into action. no legislativos, incluidos el censo y las cortes. El censo de 1930 fue el único censo que categorizó a los mexicanos como una "raza" distinta. En el contexto de una formación racial cambiante en Estados Unidos, esta categoría singular fue revocada en 1936 debido a que los líderes mexicano-americanos echaron mano de la fragilidad de la "Política del Buen Vecino" para obligar al gobierno federal a entrar en acción.
Teaching Documents by Michael Calderón-Zaks
Teaching Evaluation: Sociology 60: The Practice of Social Research
Recommend the course Exams represent the course material Instructor is clear and audible 82 83% 9... more Recommend the course Exams represent the course material Instructor is clear and audible 82 83% 90 90% 4.56 (agree/strongly agree) 4.26 (agree)
Papers by Michael Calderón-Zaks
Routledge eBooks, Jun 18, 2021
Journal of World-Systems Research, Mar 26, 2022
Though the world-systems school has argued that globalization has been a long process over the la... more Though the world-systems school has argued that globalization has been a long process over the last five centuries, globalization is often only synonymous with the late twentieth century. Globalization has gained a lot of attention in the context of declining blue-collar job sectors, but the technologies that enabled it had already displaced workers on U.S. railroads. To bridge both schools, railroads are the perfect setting for this study since it's at the intersection of race, labor, technological changes, and globalization. Mexicans once accounted for ninety percent of track workers in the U.S. Southwest, but after gaining higher wages by the early 1950s, most of their jobs were lost to automation by the 1960s. While faster and larger cargo ships and railroads in recent decades have been synonymous with globalization, the technologies and infrastructure didn't enable that global process until the 1970s at the earliest. Technological changes eliminated more jobs on the tracks before 1970 than to globalization since. Globalization was not possible without those technological changes.
Black Scholar, Jun 1, 2010
looked contributions of Black Awakening, not only to the theory and understanding of the process ... more looked contributions of Black Awakening, not only to the theory and understanding of the process of internal colonialism, but also a documentation of a transition from a largely colonial world to a mainly neo-colonial one during that process. While quite a few have documented the process since it was launched, Allen documented "domestic neocolonialism" during its beginning. This paper also aims to highlight lessons that we can learn from Allen in what I hope to be simple terms.1 Internal Colonialism as a theory has lost much of the currency that it held in the late 1960s. First I want to discuss the trajectory of internal colonialism leading into the significance of Black Awakening, and then I want to discuss Nathan Glazer's and Michael Bura-
Journal of World-Systems Research, 2022
Though the world-systems school has argued that globalization has been a long process over the la... more Though the world-systems school has argued that globalization has been a long process over the last five centuries, globalization is often only synonymous with the late twentieth century. Globalization has gained a lot of attention in the context of declining blue-collar job sectors, but the technologies that enabled it had already displaced workers on U.S. railroads. To bridge both schools, railroads are the perfect setting for this study since it’s at the intersection of race, labor, technological changes, and globalization. Mexicans once accounted for ninety percent of track workers in the U.S. Southwest, but after gaining higher wages by the early 1950s, most of their jobs were lost to automation by the 1960s. While faster and larger cargo ships and railroads in recent decades have been synonymous with globalization, the technologies and infrastructure didn’t enable that global process until the 1970s at the earliest. Technological changes eliminated more jobs on the tracks befo...
The Black Scholar, 2010
looked contributions of Black Awakening, not only to the theory and understanding of the process ... more looked contributions of Black Awakening, not only to the theory and understanding of the process of internal colonialism, but also a documentation of a transition from a largely colonial world to a mainly neo-colonial one during that process. While quite a few have documented the process since it was launched, Allen documented "domestic neocolonialism" during its beginning. This paper also aims to highlight lessons that we can learn from Allen in what I hope to be simple terms.1 Internal Colonialism as a theory has lost much of the currency that it held in the late 1960s. First I want to discuss the trajectory of internal colonialism leading into the significance of Black Awakening, and then I want to discuss Nathan Glazer's and Michael Bura-
Perspectives on Global Development and Technology, 2014
In this article I briefly examine the perceived role of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South A... more In this article I briefly examine the perceived role of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—also known as the BRICS—as an alternative to the West in the Global South. Their patterns of development must be placed in the context of the West’s development prior to and during the twentieth century. In fact, the burden of “development” remains on the shoulders of the people on the peripheries of the Americas and Africa.
Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos, 2011
... Japan, as the self-proclaimed champion of the darker races, attempted to negotiate a racia... more ... Japan, as the self-proclaimed champion of the darker races, attempted to negotiate a racial equality clause in the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, but the United States and Britain blocked it (4647), and in 1921, Prince Hirohito declared Japan and Mexico two races against the ...
... Andino, Peter Carlo-Becerra, Ruben Chandrasekar, Vik Chaubey, Manuel Chávez, Shannon King, Sh... more ... Andino, Peter Carlo-Becerra, Ruben Chandrasekar, Vik Chaubey, Manuel Chávez, Shannon King, Shevonne ... George Mbego, Wazir Mohamed, Tony Pendergrass, Frank Ruiz, Israel Silva-Merced, Gabriel ... by me in the Sociology Department were Juanita Diaz and Ravi Palat. ...
Journal of World-Systems Research, 2022
Though the world-systems school has argued that globalization has been a long process over the la... more Though the world-systems school has argued that globalization has been a long process over the last five centuries, globalization is often only synonymous with the late twentieth century. Globalization has gained a lot of attention in the context of declining blue-collar job sectors, but the technologies that enabled it had already displaced workers on U.S. railroads. To bridge both schools, railroads are the perfect setting for this study since it's at the intersection of race, labor, technological changes, and globalization. Mexicans once accounted for ninety percent of track workers in the U.S. Southwest, but after gaining higher wages by the early 1950s, most of their jobs were lost to automation by the 1960s. While faster and larger cargo ships and railroads in recent decades have been synonymous with globalization, the technologies and infrastructure didn't enable that global process until the 1970s at the earliest. Technological changes eliminated more jobs on the tracks before 1970 than to globalization since. Globalization was not possible without those technological changes.
Migration, Racism, and Labor Exploitation in the World System (Routledge Political Economy of the World-System Annuals), 2021
Proceedings of the Pacific Coast Council on Latin American Studies, 2005
In this article I briefly examine the perceived role of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South A... more In this article I briefly examine the perceived role of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa-also known as the BRICS-as an alternative to the West in the Global South. Their patterns of development must be placed in the context of the West's development prior to and during the twentieth century. In fact, the burden of "development" remains on the shoulders of the people on the peripheries of the Americas and Africa.
legislative avenues were sought, including the Census and the courts. The 1930 Census was the onl... more legislative avenues were sought, including the Census and the courts. The 1930 Census was the only census that categorized Mexicans as a separate "race."In the context of a changing racial formation in the United States, this unique category was reversed in 1936 due to Mexican-American leaders leveraging the fragility of the "Good Neighbor Policy" to force the Federal government into action. no legislativos, incluidos el censo y las cortes. El censo de 1930 fue el único censo que categorizó a los mexicanos como una "raza" distinta. En el contexto de una formación racial cambiante en Estados Unidos, esta categoría singular fue revocada en 1936 debido a que los líderes mexicano-americanos echaron mano de la fragilidad de la "Política del Buen Vecino" para obligar al gobierno federal a entrar en acción.
Teaching Evaluation: Sociology 60: The Practice of Social Research
Recommend the course Exams represent the course material Instructor is clear and audible 82 83% 9... more Recommend the course Exams represent the course material Instructor is clear and audible 82 83% 90 90% 4.56 (agree/strongly agree) 4.26 (agree)
Routledge eBooks, Jun 18, 2021
Journal of World-Systems Research, Mar 26, 2022
Though the world-systems school has argued that globalization has been a long process over the la... more Though the world-systems school has argued that globalization has been a long process over the last five centuries, globalization is often only synonymous with the late twentieth century. Globalization has gained a lot of attention in the context of declining blue-collar job sectors, but the technologies that enabled it had already displaced workers on U.S. railroads. To bridge both schools, railroads are the perfect setting for this study since it's at the intersection of race, labor, technological changes, and globalization. Mexicans once accounted for ninety percent of track workers in the U.S. Southwest, but after gaining higher wages by the early 1950s, most of their jobs were lost to automation by the 1960s. While faster and larger cargo ships and railroads in recent decades have been synonymous with globalization, the technologies and infrastructure didn't enable that global process until the 1970s at the earliest. Technological changes eliminated more jobs on the tracks before 1970 than to globalization since. Globalization was not possible without those technological changes.
Black Scholar, Jun 1, 2010
looked contributions of Black Awakening, not only to the theory and understanding of the process ... more looked contributions of Black Awakening, not only to the theory and understanding of the process of internal colonialism, but also a documentation of a transition from a largely colonial world to a mainly neo-colonial one during that process. While quite a few have documented the process since it was launched, Allen documented "domestic neocolonialism" during its beginning. This paper also aims to highlight lessons that we can learn from Allen in what I hope to be simple terms.1 Internal Colonialism as a theory has lost much of the currency that it held in the late 1960s. First I want to discuss the trajectory of internal colonialism leading into the significance of Black Awakening, and then I want to discuss Nathan Glazer's and Michael Bura-
Journal of World-Systems Research, 2022
Though the world-systems school has argued that globalization has been a long process over the la... more Though the world-systems school has argued that globalization has been a long process over the last five centuries, globalization is often only synonymous with the late twentieth century. Globalization has gained a lot of attention in the context of declining blue-collar job sectors, but the technologies that enabled it had already displaced workers on U.S. railroads. To bridge both schools, railroads are the perfect setting for this study since it’s at the intersection of race, labor, technological changes, and globalization. Mexicans once accounted for ninety percent of track workers in the U.S. Southwest, but after gaining higher wages by the early 1950s, most of their jobs were lost to automation by the 1960s. While faster and larger cargo ships and railroads in recent decades have been synonymous with globalization, the technologies and infrastructure didn’t enable that global process until the 1970s at the earliest. Technological changes eliminated more jobs on the tracks befo...
The Black Scholar, 2010
looked contributions of Black Awakening, not only to the theory and understanding of the process ... more looked contributions of Black Awakening, not only to the theory and understanding of the process of internal colonialism, but also a documentation of a transition from a largely colonial world to a mainly neo-colonial one during that process. While quite a few have documented the process since it was launched, Allen documented "domestic neocolonialism" during its beginning. This paper also aims to highlight lessons that we can learn from Allen in what I hope to be simple terms.1 Internal Colonialism as a theory has lost much of the currency that it held in the late 1960s. First I want to discuss the trajectory of internal colonialism leading into the significance of Black Awakening, and then I want to discuss Nathan Glazer's and Michael Bura-
Perspectives on Global Development and Technology, 2014
In this article I briefly examine the perceived role of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South A... more In this article I briefly examine the perceived role of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—also known as the BRICS—as an alternative to the West in the Global South. Their patterns of development must be placed in the context of the West’s development prior to and during the twentieth century. In fact, the burden of “development” remains on the shoulders of the people on the peripheries of the Americas and Africa.
Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos, 2011
... Japan, as the self-proclaimed champion of the darker races, attempted to negotiate a racia... more ... Japan, as the self-proclaimed champion of the darker races, attempted to negotiate a racial equality clause in the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, but the United States and Britain blocked it (4647), and in 1921, Prince Hirohito declared Japan and Mexico two races against the ...
... Andino, Peter Carlo-Becerra, Ruben Chandrasekar, Vik Chaubey, Manuel Chávez, Shannon King, Sh... more ... Andino, Peter Carlo-Becerra, Ruben Chandrasekar, Vik Chaubey, Manuel Chávez, Shannon King, Shevonne ... George Mbego, Wazir Mohamed, Tony Pendergrass, Frank Ruiz, Israel Silva-Merced, Gabriel ... by me in the Sociology Department were Juanita Diaz and Ravi Palat. ...