The Working Class in American History

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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.

"Rights, Not Roses"

Unions and the Rise of Working-Class Feminism, 1945-80

Author: Dennis A. Deslippe
Pub Date: 2000

An insightful study of working-class feminism, raising important questions about the meaning of equality for them, their connections to their unions, and the gendered nature of equal rights. learn more...

Hard Work

The Making of Labor History

Author: Melvyn Dubofsky
Pub Date: 2000

A career-spanning collection of writings on labor history by one of the leading figures in the field learn more...

We Shall Be All

A History of the Industrial Workers of the World (abridged ed.)

Author: Melvyn Dubofsky
Pub Date: 2000

A succinct rendition of Dubofsky’s classic and massive history of the IWW, bringing the story of the Industrial Workers of the World to a new generation learn more...

Southern Workers & Search for Community

Spartanburg County, South Carolina

Author: G. C. Waldrep III
Pub Date: 2000

An impressively researched work that is very well written, it uncovers the sordid relationship between corporations and government that made union organization difficult in the South and union success almost impossible. learn more...