Sean Griffin on The Root and The Branch: Working-Class Reform and Antislavery, 1790–1860
Sean Griffin, The Root and the Branch (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2024)The Root and the Branch: Working Class Reform and Antislavery, 1790-1860 conveys.
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Where does Marxism in Labor History Come From? Where Does It Go?
I read the recent report on the Business History Conference by Michael Hilliard and Chad Pearson with great interest. I count myself among.
- by Nate Holdren
- March 27, 2025
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Business and Labor Historians: Friends till the End
Coauthored by Michael Hillard and Chad PearsonThe theme of the 2025 Business History Conference (BHC) was “The Business of Labor.” (Held in Atlanta,.
- by Michael Hillard
- March 23, 2025
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Harvey Schwartz on John Womack’s Labor Strategy
Labor Power and Strategy (PM Press, 2023)John Womack Jr.’s Labor Power and Strategy, published by PM Press in 2023, offers a blueprint for.
- by Harvey Schwartz
- March 12, 2025
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Alan Singer on his new book, Class-Conscious Coal Miners
Alan Singer’s new book excavates the Central Pennsylvania miners as they struggled at multiple levels: against mechanization, for democracy in their union, the.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- February 5, 2025
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Labor History Bibliography, 2024
This is my 12th year of creating the annual bibliography, which used to be in the LAWCHA annual newsletter. If you think a.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- January 31, 2025
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The Moving Past: Seeing Labor History in Archival Films
Labor historians in the United States and Canada often rely on familiar sources, union and company records, newspapers and oral interviews, to name.
- by David Sobel
- January 30, 2025
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David Emmons on his New Book, History’s Erratics
David M. Emmons’ provocative new book History’s Erratics: Irish Catholic Dissidents and the Transformation of American Capitalism, 1870-1930 deploys a wealth of theory.
- by J. Hollis Harris
- January 22, 2025
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Marked, Unmarked, Remembered: A Public History Series
Public Art in the Queen City: Cincinnati’s Labor Murals
When the Cincinnati city government decided in 1930 to build a large new rail station, they chose German immigrant artist Winold Reiss (1886-1953).
- by Thurman Wenzl
- January 3, 2025
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Erik Bernardino’s “Between the Homing Pigeon and the Vagrant”: Free Essay available
Editor’s Note: Erik Bernardino’s compelling essay, “Between the Homing Pigeon and the Vagrant, ” published in the December issue of Labor: Studies in.
- by Erik Bernardino
- December 28, 2024