Category Archives: labor history

April 13, 2021

Q&A with Matthew E. Stanley, Author of Grand Army of Labor

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Matthew E. Stanley, author of Grand Army of Labor: Workers, Veterans, and the Meaning of the Civil War recently answered some questions about his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book?  I became interested in the … Continue reading →

February 25, 2021

Q&A with Dana M. Caldemeyer, Author of Union Renegades

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Dana M. Caldemeyer, author of Union Renegades: Miners, Capitalism, and Organizing in the Gilded Age answers questions about her influences, discoveries, and common misconceptions while writing her book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? I started researching … Continue reading →

November 5, 2020

Celebrating Alice Kessler-Harris and welcoming Thavolia Glymph to the WCAH series

Posted by Heather Gernenz
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This month the Working Class in American History series is saying farewell to Alice Kessler-Harris, who is retiring from the series after 35 years, as well as welcoming Thavolia Glymph as a new series editor. Dr. Kessler-Harris is the R. … Continue reading →

October 20, 2020

Herbert G. Gutman Prize for Outstanding Dissertation Call for Papers

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The Labor and Working-Class History Association (LAWCHA) is pleased to announce its annual Herbert G. Gutman Prize for Outstanding Dissertation in U.S. Labor and Working-Class History, established in cooperation with the University of Illinois Press. LAWCHA encourages the study of working people, their … Continue reading →

September 28, 2020

Q&A with Donald W. Rogers, Author of Workers against the City: The Fight for Free Speech in Hague v. CIO

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Donald W. Rogers, author of Workers against the City, answers questions about the labor movement, American history, free speech, CIO v. Hague, and civil liberties. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? Free speech and assembly law are … Continue reading →

September 16, 2020

Q&A with Betsy Wood, Author of Upon the Altar of Work

Posted by Ali Wasielewski
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Author of Upon the Altar of Work: Child Labor and the Rise of a New American Sectionalism, Betsy Wood answers questions about her influences, discoveries, and motivations for writing her new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this … Continue reading →

May 25, 2020

Q&A with Montse Feu, Author of Fighting Fascist Spain

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Montse Feu recently answered some questions about her book, Fighting Fascist Spain: Worker Protest from the Printing Press. She is also a co-editor of the recent UIP book Writing Revolution: Hispanic Anarchism in the United States. Q: Why did you … Continue reading →

May 1, 2020

Get a Free Ebook of Disaster Citizenship by Jacob A.C. Remes

Posted by Charrice Jones
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May’s free eBook is here! For this entire month only we’re giving away Disaster Citizenship: Survivors, Solidarity, and Power in the Progressive Era by Jacob A. C. Remes! In the Progressive Era the working class citizens of the U.S. and … Continue reading →

March 30, 2020

Q&A with Jason G. Strange, author of Shelter from the Machine

Posted by Charrice Jones
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Jason G. Strange, author of Shelter from the Machine: Homesteaders in the Age of Capitalism, answers questions about his why he chose to write about homesteaders and influences from his favorite books. Q: Why did you decide to write this … Continue reading →

June 19, 2019

Peter Cole wins Philip Taft Labor History Book Award for “Dockworker Power”

Posted by Tiffany Tzeng
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We are pleased to announce that Dockworker Power: Race and Activism in Durban and the San Francisco Bay Area by Peter Cole was a co-winner of the Philip Taft Labor History Book Award, awarded by the Labor and Working-Class History Association (LAWCHA) and … Continue reading →