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The article briefly reviews "Union Women: Forging Feminism in the United Steelworkers of America," by Mary Margaret Fonow, "Women, Power, and AT&T: Winning Rights in the Workplace," by Lois Kathryn Herr, "Reforming the Chicago Teamsters: The Story of Local 705," by Robert Bruno, "The Open Method of Co-ordination in Action: The European Employment and Social Inclusion Strategies," edited by Jonathan Zeitlin and Philippe Pochet, eds., with Lars Magnusson, "Rebuilding Germany: The Creation of the Social Market Economy, 1945-1957," by James C. Van Hook, "Poverty and Charity inthe Jewish Community of Medieval Egypt" and "The Voice of the Poor in the Middle Ages: An Anthology of Documents from the Cairo Geniza," by Mark R. Cohen.
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The article briefly reviews M. Ann Hall's "The Girl and the Game: A History of Women’s Sport in Canada;" Hugh D. Hinman's "Child Labour: An American History;" Robert Michael Smith's "From Blackjacks to Briefcases: A History of Commercialized Strikebreaking and Unionbusting in the United States;" P.W. Singer's "Corporate Warriors: The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry;" Andrew Hemingway's "Artists on the Left: American Artists and the Communist Movement, 1926-1956;" "Why Do People Hate America?" by Ziauddin Sardar and Merryl Wyn Davies; Robert J. Alexander's "A History of Organized Labor in Brazil;" Richard D. Salvatore's "Wandering Paysanos: State Order and Subaltern Experience in Buenos Aires During the Rosas Era;" Juanita de Barros's "Order and Place in a Colonial City: Patterns of Struggle and Resistance in Georgetown, British Guiana, 1889-1924;" "Negotiations and Change: From the Workplace to Society," by Thomas A. Kochan and David B. Lipsky; and Carl Freedman's "The Incomplete Projects: Marxism, Modernity, and the Politics of Culture."
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The article briefly reviews "Battling the Plantation Mentality: Memphis and the Black Freedom Struggle," by Laurie B. Green, "A Fair Day's Wage for a Fair Day's Work? Sweated Labour and the Origins of Minimum Wage Legislation in Britain," by Sheila Blackburn, "Between Growth and Security: Swedish Social Democracy From a Strong Society to a Third Way," by Jenny Anderson, "Development, Democracy, and Welfare States: Latin America, East Asia, and Eastern Europe," by Stephen Haggard and Robert R. Kaufman, "Voices from the Ships: Australia’s Seafarers and their Union," by Diane Kirkby, "Class, Race, and Inequality in South Africa," by Jeremy Seekings and Nicoli Nattrass, "Feeding the World: An Economic History of Agriculture, 1800–2000," by Giovanni Federico, and "Reforming Early Retirement in Europe, Japan and the USA," by Bernhard Ebbinghaus.
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The article briefly reviews Howard Margolian's "Unauthorized Entry: The Truth About Nazi War Criminals in Canada, 1946-1956;" Raka Ray's "Fields of Protest: Women's Movements in India;" Naila Kabeer's "The Power to Choose: Bangladeshi Women and Labour Market Decisions in London and Dhaka;" Daniel James's "Doña María's Story : Life, History, Memory, and Political History;" "Women's Work in Britain and France" by Abigail Gregory and Jan Windebank; Elliott D. Sclar's "You Don 'I Always Get What You Pay For: The Economics of Privatization;" Mary H. Blewett's "Constant Turmoil: The Politics of Industrial Life in Nineteenth- Century New England;" Keith Wrightson's "Earthly Necessity: Economic Lives in Early Modern Britain;" Stephen Heathorn's "For Home, Country and Race: Constructing Gender, Class, and Englishness in the Elementary School, 1880-1914;" and Mêlante Nolan's "Bread Winning: New Zealand Women and the State."
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The article briefly reviews "Have Women and Minorities Reached the Top? Diversity in the Power Elite," by Richard L. Zweigenhaft and G. William Domhoff; "An Investigation of Racial Disadvantage," by Derek Leslie et al.; Brian Titley's "The Frontier World of Edgar Dewdney;" Gilbert G. Gonzalez's "Mexican Consuls and Labor Organizing: Imperial Politics in the American Southwest;" Peter Bailey's "Popular Culture and Performance in the Victorian City;" Ching Kwan Lee's "Gender and the South China Miracle: Two Worlds of Factory Women;" Diana Crane's "Fashion and its Social Agendas: Class, Gender, and Identity in Clothing;" "Italian Lives: Cape Breton Memories," edited by Sam Migliore and A. Evo Dipierro; and Glenda Riley's "Women and Nature: Saving the 'Wild' West."
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The article briefly reviews Peter Gossage's "Families in Transition: Industry and Population in Nineteenth Century Saint-Hyacinthe;" Daniel T. Rodgers's "Atlantic Crossings: Social Politics in a Progressive Age;" Claudia Orenstein's "Festive Revolutionaries: The Politics of Popular Theater and the San Francisco Mime Troupe;" Micheal Goldfield's "The Color of Politics: Race and the Mainsprings of American Politics;" Philip Scranton's "Endless Novelty: Specialty Production and American Industrialization, 1865-1925;" "The Living Wage: Building a Fair Economy," by Robert Pollin and Stephanie Luce; Christine Cousins' "Society, Work and Welfare in Europe;" "What Workers Want," by Richard B. Freeman and Joel Rogers; and "On the Front Line: Organization of Work in the Information Economy" by Stephen J. Frenkel, Marek Korczynski, Karen A. Shire, and May Tarn.
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The article briefly reviews Doug Smith's "How to Tax a Billionaire: Project Loophole and the Campaign for Tax Fairness;" "The Resilient Outpost: Ecology, Economy, and Society in Rural Newfoundland," edited by Rosemary Ommer; Susan Sleeper-Smith's "Indian Women and French Men: Rethinking Cultural Encounter in the Western Great Lakes;" Mark Franko's "The Work of Dance: Labor, Movement, and Identity in the 1930s;" "Friends of the People: Uneasy Radicals in the Age of the Chartists," by Owen R. Ashton and Paul A. Pickering, ; Steve Wright's "Storming Heaven: Class Composition and Struggle in Italian Autonomist Marxism;" Wendy Z. Goldman's "Women at the Gates: Gender and Industry in Stalin's Russia;" Julie R. Watts's "Immigration Policy and the Challenge to Globalization: Unions and Employers in Unlikely Alliance;" Heidi Tinsman's "Partners in Conflict: The Politics of Gender, Sexuality, and Labor in the Chilean Agrarian Reform, 1950-1973;" Rosa Isolde Reuque Paillalet's "When a Flower Is Reborn: The Life and Times of a Mapuche Feminist," edited and translated by Florencia E. Mallon; and S.A. Smith's "Like Cattle and Horses: Nationalism and Labor in Shanghai, 1895-1927."
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[This textbook] is a balanced collection of the best readings on the history of Canada since Confederation. The readings are separated into five parts: Inventing Canada, 1867-1914; Economy and society in the Industrial Age, 1867-1918; Transitional years, Canada 1919-1945; Reinventing Canada, 1945-1975; and Post-Modern Canada. With 13 new readings, the book will challenge and enlighten students by opening a window to Canada's past and to the ever-evolving examination of Canadian history. --Publisher's description
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