May’s free e-book is here! Check out Union Renegades: Miners, Capitalism, and Organizing in the Gilded Age by Dana M. Caldemeyer before the month is over! In the late nineteenth […]
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Tag: labor history
OAH 2023 Virtual Exhibit
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2023 Organization of American Historians conference! Explore our extensive collection of books, journals, blog posts, and more. Use the […]
Q&A with Robert W. Cherny, author of HARRY BRIDGES
Robert W. Cherny, author of Harry Bridges: Labor Radical, Labor Legend, answers questions on his scholarly influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from his new book. Q: Why did you decide […]
AHA 2023 Virtual Exhibit
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2023 American Historical Association annual conference! Explore our extensive collection of books, journals, blog posts, and more. Use the […]
University Press Week: What Author is #NextUP on Your List?
As University Press Week enters its second decade of celebrating excellence in university press publishing, Next UP has been chosen as the theme for this year’s event. The theme highlights the dedicated […]
DREAM BOOKS AND GAMBLERS has been awarded a grant from Furthermore: a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund
We are pleased to announce that Furthermore: a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund has awarded a grant to support publication of the book Dream Books and Gamblers: Black Women’s […]
Q&A With Jason Resnikoff, Author of Labor’s End
Jason Resnikoff, author of Labor’s End: How the Promise of Automation Degraded Work, answers questions on his scholarly influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from his book. Q: Why did you […]
Q&A with Donald W. Rogers, Author of Workers against the City: The Fight for Free Speech in Hague v. CIO
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 […]
RIP James Green
Late last week the eminent labor historian James Green died at age 71. Known most recently for his The Devil Is Here in These Hills, a portrait of West Virginia coal miners that became part […]