Annette Wilczek. Einkommen--Karriere--Versorgung: Das DDR-Kombinat und die Lebenslage seiner Beschäftigten. Berlin: Metropol, 2004. 280 pp. Tables, notes, bibliography. EUR 19.00 (paper), ISBN 3-936411-45-X.

Reviewed by: Thilo Schimmel, Department of History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Published by: H-German (July, 2005)

Hans Ehlert und Arnim Wagner, Hrsg. Genosse General! Die Militärelite der DDR in biografischen Skizzen. Militärgeschichte der DDR. Berlin: Ch. Links Verlag, 2003. viii + 632 pp. Illustrations, charts, timeline, notes, bibliography, index. EUR 29.90 (cloth), ISBN 3-86153-312-X.

Christian Th. Müller. Tausend Tage bei der "Asche": Unteroffiziere in der NVA. Militärgeschichte der DDR. Berlin: Ch. Links Verlag, 2003. xiv + 429 pp. Illustrations, charts, notes, bibliography, index. EUR 24.90 (cloth), ISBN 3-86153-297-2.

The Volunteer Journal Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives

Dear friends and colleagues, the September 2004 issue of The Volunteer quarterly of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives is now available on line at: www.alba-valb.org/albavol.htm If you wish to receive current paper issues of the quarterly and contribute to ALBA's educational activities you can do so by going to www.alba-valb.org and clicking on "contribute."

Call for Papers - Co-operation and the Politics of Consumption

Sheilagh Ogilvie and Richard Overy, eds. Germany: A New Social and Economic History, Volume 3--Since 1800. London: Arnold, 2003. xvii + 430 pp. Tables, notes, index. $74.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-3406-3214-4; $27.50 (paper), ISBN 0-3406-5215-2.

Reviewed by: L. M. Stallbaumer-Beishline, Department of History, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania.
Published by: H-German (September, 2005)

John Shepherd. George Lansbury: At the Heart of Old Labour. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. xix + 407 pp. Illustrations, abbreviations, bibliography, index. $80.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-19-820164-8.

Reviewed by: Jonathan Schneer, School of History, Technology and Society, Georgia Tech.
Published by: H-Albion (August, 2005) St. George

Call for Papers

Humour and Social Protest

Supplement, International Review of Social History 14 (2007)

The 2005 issue of the North West Labour History Journal (UK) has just been published. It includes articles on 100 years of the Bolton Socialist Club, the radical Stalybridge cleric Joseph Rayner Stephens, Mary Banniff's experiences working at sea in the 1960s, the Nelson Clarion clubhouse, Michael Davitt, health in the workplace plus news and reviews.

The journal is dedicated to exploring the rich labour history of the North West of England.

The Fondazione Turati (Florence) published two new titles:

• Saverio Battente, Alfredo Rocco. Dal nazionalismo al fascismo 1907-1935. Franco Angeli Editore. Collana della Fondazione "Filippo Turati". Euro 32,00
• Alessandro Schiavi. La casa e la città. A cura di Silvia Bianciardi. Piero Lacaita Editore. Collana "Strumenti e Fonti". Euro 15,00

Fondazione di Studi Storici "Filippo Turati"
Via M. Buonarroti, 13
50122 Firenze

www.pertini.it/turati.html

Labor History
Volume 46 Number 4
Table of Contents (Special Issue on the Building Trades)

Standing at a Crossroads: The Building Trades in the 21st Century
Jeff Grabelsky and Mark Erlich

The Contemporary Industrial Relations System in Construction: Analysis, Observations and Speculations
David Weil

From Craft to Qualified Building Labour in Britain: A Comparative ApproachLinda Clark

Sources for the History of the Building and Construction Industry Janet Wells Greene