Hans-Walter Schmuhl. Arbeitsmarktpolitik und Arbeitsverwaltung in Deutschland 1871-2002: Zwischen Fürsorge, Hoheit und Markt. Nuremberg: Bundesanstalt für Arbeit, 2003. xx + 776 pp. Illustrations, bibliography, notes, index. EUR 12.50 (paper), ISBN 0-173-657-4.

Reviewed by: Ulf Zimmermann, Kennesaw State University.
Published by: H-German (January, 2006)

Dieter Kastner. Kinderarbeit im Rheinland: Entstehung und Wirkung des ersten preussischen Gesetzes gegen die Arbeit von Kindern in Fabriken von 1839. Stuttgart: SH Verlag, 2004. 303 pp. Notes. EUR 29.80 (cloth), ISBN 3-8949-8129-6.

Reviewed by: Michael E. O'Sullivan, Department of History, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
Published by: H-German (January, 2006)

Craig Heron and Steve Penfold. The Workers' Festival: A History of Labour Day in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2005. viii + 340 pp. Illustrations, notes, index. $80.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-8020-3847-6; $39.95 (paper), ISBN 0-8020-4886-2.

Reviewed by: Nolan Reilly, Department of History, University of Winnipeg.
Published by: H-Canada (March, 2006)

Annika Teppo. The Making of a Good White: A Historical Ethnography of the Rehabilitation of Poor Whites in a Suburb of Cape Town. Research Series in Anthropology Series. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press, 2004. 274 pp. Abbreviations, references, index. No price listed (paper), ISBN 952-10-1978-6.

Reviewed by: Richard Ballard, Centre for Civil Society, University of KwaZulu-Natal.
Published by: H-SAfrica (February, 2006)

E. S. Savas, ed. Managing Welfare Reform in New York City. Lanham: Rowan and Littlefield, 2005. xv + 375 pp. Index. $85 (cloth), ISBN 0-7425-4927-5.

Reviewed by: Edward D. Berkowitz, Department of History and School of Public Policy and Public Administration, George Washington University.
Published by: H-Urban (February, 2006)

David Silbey. The British Working Class and Enthusiasm for War, 1914-1916. London and New York: Frank Cass, 2005. x + 189 pp. Notes, index. $115 (cloth), ISBN 0-415-35005-0.

Reviewed by: Nikolas Gardner, University of Salford.
Published by: H-War (January, 2006)

Beatrix Bouvier. Die DDR--ein Sozialstaat? Sozialpolitik in der Ära Honecker. Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Sozialgeschichte. Bonn: Verlag J .H. W. Dietz, 2002. 360 pp. Appendix, abbreviations, bibliography. EUR 27.80 (cloth), ISBN 3-8012-4129-7.

Reviewed by: Mark Pittaway, Department of History, Open University.
Published by: H-German (January, 2006)

Peter Alheit and Hanna Haack. Die vergessene "Autonomie" der Arbeiter: Eine Studie zum frühen Scheitern der DDR am Beispiel der Neptunwerft. Berlin: Karl Dietz, 2004. 472 pp. Bibliography. EUR 19.90 (cloth), ISBN 3-320-02051-X.

Reviewed by: Thilo Schimmel, Department of History, University of Illinois.
Published by: H-German (January, 2006)

Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli
Cortona Colloquium 2006
Cultural Conflicts, Social Movements and New Rights: A European Challenge
20-22 October 2006, Cortona, Italy

Thomas Dublin and Walter Licht, The Face of Decline: The Pennsylvania Anthracite Region in the Twentieth Century. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2005. viii + 277 pp. $65 (cloth), ISBN: 0-8014-3469-6; $25 (paperback), ISBN: 0-8014-8473-1.

Reviewed for EH.NET by William Boal, College of Business and Public Administration, Drake University (April 2006)