Arwen Mohun, Steam Laundries: Gender, Technology, and Work in the United States and Great Britain, 1880-1940. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999. x + 348 pp. ISBN 0-8018-6002-4 (cloth, $19.95).
Reviewed for H-Business and EH.NET by Jeffrey M. Hornstein, PhD candidate in the Department of History, University of Maryland.
Published by EH.NET, November 2000.
The Working Class Movement Library (Salford) is pleased to announce that it will be sending out updated information on a regular basis to friends, users and those interested in the Library via an e-mail bulletin.
We hope to keep you informed on donations of books and materials, changes to the Library, events and much more. You can access our web page at www.wcml.org.uk. We would welcome any comments you have on how we can improve our site.
Labor's Heritage, vol. 11, no. 2 has just been published. It contains the following articles:
The Associazione Duccio Bigazzi was founded in April 2000 in memory of the life and work of the well-known Italian historian.
The Association has instituted a two-year scholarship for young researchers (35 years or younger) in the field of business and labour history. Proposals are requested on the topics of company history, the organization of work and the labour movement; special attention should be paid to questions of methodology and the use of sources. The deadline for submission is 60 days after the call for proposals was launched (October 31).
Fourth European Social Science History Conference
The Hague, the Netherlands, 27 February-2 March 2002
Call for Papers
The ESSHC aims at bringing together scholars interested in explaining historical phenomena using the methods of the social sciences. The conference is characterized by a lively exchange in many small groups, rather than by formal plenary sessions.
The Conference welcomes papers and sessions on any topic and any historical period. It is organised in a large number of networks:
Cornell University Press has just published The New Rank and File edited by Staughton and Alice Lynd, two people who, as William Serrin said, "have devoted their lives to making America a better country." Much has changed for workers in the years since their classic Rank and File: Personal Histories by Working-Class Organizers was first published in 1973.
International Conference on Slavery, Unfree Labour & Revolt in Asia and the Indian Ocean Region
Avignon, 17-19 May 2001
Call for Papers
An international conference on Slavery, Unfree Labour and Revolt in Asia and the Indian Ocean Region will take place in Avignon from 17-19 May 2001. It will examine protest against slavery and other forms of unfree labour in Asia and the Indian Ocean region. Themes include:
Pour bien commencer le nouveau millénaire
La revue Itinéraire vient d'éditer un agenda pour l'année 2001. Couverture quadri, 130 pages intérieures en 2 couleurs -- afin de ne pas oublier ses rendez-vous et les dates importantes de l'histoire de l'anarchie.
The International Institute of Social History is offering four presentations of parts of its collections:
Mark Solomon, The Cry Was Unity: Communists and African Americans, 1917-1936. Jackson: University of Mississippi Press, 1998. viii + 403 pp. Introduction, notes, bibliographical essay, index. $50.00 (cloth), ISBN 1-57806-095-8.
Reviewed for H-POL by James G. Ryan, Department of General Academics, Texas A&M University at Galveston.
Published by H-POL, October 2000.
One Group's Liberation; Everybody's Freedom
