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The Working Class in American History


Acquiring Editor: Laurie Matheson
Series Editors: James R. Barrett, Julie Greene, William P. Jones, Alice Kessler-Harris, and Nelson Lichtenstein

Committed to publishing the highest quality work in labor history, the Working Class in American History series has been a vanguard of the "new" labor history since its premiere in 1978. Building on a deep foundation of workplace, community, culture, and political studies, the series maintains a commitment to placing the experience and agency of working people at the center of U.S. history.


link to catalog page , Upheaval in the Quiet Zone

Upheaval in the Quiet Zone

1199SEIU and the Politics of Health Care Unionism

Author: Leon Fink and Brian Greenberg
Pub Date: 2009

A classic labor history, newly updated and expanded   learn more...

link to catalog page , Sweet Tyranny

Sweet Tyranny

Migrant Labor, Industrial Agriculture, and Imperial Politics

Author: Kathleen Mapes
Pub Date: June 2009

Amid America's sugar industry, a bitter debate over imperialism and immigration   learn more...

link to catalog page , On the Ground

On the Ground

Labor Struggle in the American Airline Industry

Author: Liesl Miller Orenic
Pub Date: July 2009

The challenges and successes of unionization at four U.S. airlines, with a focus on baggage handlers   learn more...

link to catalog page , Red Chicago

Red Chicago

American Communism at Its Grassroots, 1928-35

Author: Randi Storch
Pub Date: January 2009

Realities of the street-level American Communist experience during the worst years of the Depression   learn more...

link to catalog page , Good, Reliable, White Men

Good, Reliable, White Men

Railroad Brotherhoods, 1877-1917

Author: Paul Michel Taillon
Pub Date: January 2009

Railroad brotherhoods' dynamic impact on American labor relations and national politics   learn more...

link to catalog page , Shadow of the Racketeer

Shadow of the Racketeer

Scandal in Organized Labor

Author: David Witwer
Pub Date: 2009

A detailed account of labor corruption in the 1930s and the zealous journalist who railed against it   learn more...

link to catalog page , Race against Liberalism

Race against Liberalism

Black Workers and the UAW in Detroit

Author: David M. Lewis-Colman
Pub Date: June 2008

An in-depth chronicle of the black labor movement in Detroit   learn more...

link to catalog page , Teachers and Reform

Teachers and Reform

Chicago Public Education, 1929-1970

Author: John F. Lyons
Pub Date: July 2008

Measuring the impact of the Chicago Teachers Union on public education in Chicago   learn more...

link to catalog page , The Great Strikes of 1877 Author: Edited by David O. Stowell
Pub Date: March 2008

New perspectives on a pivotal moment in U.S. history   learn more...

link to catalog page , Labor’s Cold War

Labor’s Cold War

Local Politics in a Global Context

Author: Edited by Shelton Stromquist
Pub Date: March 2008

How the Cold War affected local-level union politics   learn more...

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