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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 , Corruption and Reform in the Teamsters Union Author: David Witwer
Pub Date: Cloth: 2003; Paper: 2008

A history of corruption and reform in the Teamsters Union   learn more...

link to catalog page , Glass Towns

Glass Towns

Industry, Labor, and Political Economy in Appalachia, 1890-1930s

Author: Ken Fones-Wolf
Pub Date: January 2007

Exploring a path not taken in Appalachian economic development--one that might have led away from underdevelopment   learn more...

link to catalog page , Black Workers' Struggle for Equality in Birmingham Author: Edited by Horace Huntley and David Montgomery
Pub Date: April 2007

Union building and civil rights activism in a tightly segregated industrial city   learn more...

link to catalog page , Workers and the Wild

Workers and the Wild

Conservation, Consumerism, and Labor in Oregon, 1910-30

Author: Lawrence M. Lipin
Pub Date: March 2007

Exploring the tight ties between wilderness use and class.   learn more...

link to catalog page , A Power among Them

A Power among Them

Bessie Abramowitz Hillman and the Making of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America

Author: Karen Pastorello
Pub Date: March 2007

The extraordinary life of labor activist, immigrant, and feminist, Bessie Abramowitz Hillman   learn more...

link to catalog page , Eugene V. Debs

Eugene V. Debs

Citizen and Socialist

Author: Nick Salvatore
Pub Date: 2007

The triumphs and tragedies of a great American socialist   learn more...

link to catalog page , We All Got History

We All Got History

The Memory Books of Amos Webber

Author: Nick Salvatore
Pub Date: 2007

An amazingly rich window onto a lost world of African American history   learn more...

link to catalog page , Bridgeport's Socialist New Deal, 1915-36 Author: Cecelia Bucki
Pub Date: May 2006

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link to catalog page , Radical Unionism in the Midwest, 1900-1950 Author: Rosemary Feurer
Pub Date: September 2006

The dynamic relationship between unionism and radicalism   learn more...

link to catalog page , Gendering Labor History Author: Alice Kessler-Harris
Pub Date: January 2007

The role of gender in the history of the working class world   learn more...

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