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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 , Reinventing “The People”

Reinventing “The People”

The Progressive Movement, the Class Problem, and the Origins of Modern Liberalism

Author: Shelton Stromquist
Pub Date: January 2006

On the Progressive myth of a classless society   learn more...

link to catalog page , City of Clerks

City of Clerks

Office and Sales Workers in Philadelphia, 1870-1920

Author: Jerome P. Bjelopera
Pub Date: May 2005

A new class of workers in the city   learn more...

link to catalog page , Labor Embattled

Labor Embattled

History, Power, Rights

Author: David Brody
Pub Date: 2005

What history has to say about the current crisis of American labor   learn more...

link to catalog page , The Tribe of Black Ulysses

The Tribe of Black Ulysses

African American Lumber Workers in the Jim Crow South

Author: William P. Jones
Pub Date: 2005

An innovative new study of the largest group of black industrial workers in the South   learn more...

link to catalog page , Waterfront Revolts

Waterfront Revolts

New York and London Dockworkers, 1946-61

Author: Colin J. Davis
Pub Date: November 2003

Comparative examination of NYC and London’s dockworkers rank-and-file union members movements that successfully challenged union hierarchy and nation-states.   learn more...

link to catalog page , Indispensable Outcasts

Indispensable Outcasts

Hobo Workers and Community in the American Midwest, 1880-1930

Author: Frank Tobias Higbie
Pub Date: 2003

A study of seasonal workers in the midwest during the Progressive Era   learn more...

link to catalog page , After the Strike

After the Strike

A Century of Labor Struggle at Pullman

Author: Susan Eleanor Hirsch
Pub Date: April 2003

Exploring the effect of race, gender, and nationality in the long struggle for economic justice by men and women of the Pullman Company   learn more...

link to catalog page , Race, Class, and Power in the Alabama Coalfields, 1908-21 Author: Brian Kelly
Pub Date: 2001

Focusing on the coalfields of Birmingham, Alabama, Brian Kelly presents new evidence of the role white elites played in fomenting racial discord at the bottom of southern society   learn more...

link to catalog page , Anaconda

Anaconda

Labor, Community, and Culture in Montana's Smelter City

Author: Laurie Mercier
Pub Date: September

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link to catalog page , Duquesne and the Rise of Steel Unionism Author: James D. Rose
Pub Date: July 2001

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