Black Labor Migration in Caribbean Guatemala, 1882-1923

Frederick Douglass Opie

• Paperback | Engels | Working in the Americas
• In the late nineteenth century, many Central American governments and countries sought to fill low-paying jobs and develop their economies by recruiti... Lees meer

Confronting Decline

David Koistinen

• Paperback | Engels | Working in the Americas
• "Koistinen puts the 'political' back in political economy in this fascinating account of New England's twentieth-century industrial erosion. First-rat... Lees meer

Seated by the Sea

Michael C Connolly

• Paperback | Engels | Working in the Americas
• "Traces the rise of the Irish-American immigrant community in Portland, Maine, through its control of waterfront labor over eight decades before the p... Lees meer

Florida's Working-Class Past

• Paperback | Engels | Working in the Americas
• "Not only a fine collection on Florida itself, but also a model of what edited state histories of labor might look like in the future. It is as multir... Lees meer

American Railroad Labor and the Genesis of the New Deal, 1919-1935

Jon R Huibregtse

• Paperback | Engels | Working in the Americas
• "Gauges and measures how railroad labor unions emerged from the World War I experience stronger and more vitally interested in improving their members... Lees meer

Film Noir, American Workers, and Postwar Hollywood

Dennis Broe

• Paperback | Engels | Working in the Americas
• "With keen insight and a deep appreciation of the politics of film noir, Broe has broken new ground in the interpretation of cinema itself. With this ... Lees meer

Confronting Decline

David Koistinen

• Hardcover | Engels | Working in the Americas
• "Koistinen puts the 'political' back in political economy in this fascinating account of New England's twentieth-century industrial erosion. First-rat... Lees meer

New York Longshoremen

William J Mello

• Paperback | Engels | Working in the Americas
• "A superb history of labor on the East Coast waterfront that may be the best account we have, not only of the industry, but of any sector of labor rel... Lees meer

Americanization in the States

Christina a Ziegler-McPherson

• Paperback | Engels | Working in the Americas
• "Makes a formidable contribution to U.S. immigration history by addressing historical and contemporary debates about national identity and the place o... Lees meer

Life and Labor in the New New South

• Hardcover | Engels | Working in the Americas
• "Zieger has done it again! In this volume, he has put his finger on the pulse of the most exciting current work in the field. Anyone who doubts that t... Lees meer

Florida's Working-Class Past

• Hardcover | Engels | Working in the Americas
• "Not only a fine collection on Florida itself, but also a model of what edited state histories of labor might look like in the future. It is as multir... Lees meer

Migration and the Transformation of the Southern Workplace Since 1945

• Hardcover | Engels | Working in the Americas
• "The best collection available concerning current trends affecting the Southern working class."--Leon Fink, University of Illinois-Chicago "The essays... Lees meer