Labor history book prize

The west and the workers, 18701930 university of washington. In addition, he has served for some fifteen years as chairman of the editorial board of labor history. Race and activism in durban and the san francisco bay area by peter cole was a cowinner of the philip taft labor history book award, awarded by the labor and workingclass history association lawcha and. Prizes are given annually for two or three exceptional works published during the year, with an occasional oeuvre prize a general award for an individuals. The philip taft labor history book award is given to the best book on the history of american labor published in the preceding calendar year. York society library book prize for history, the philip taft labor history book. The resulting elucidation of the coalfield wars goes far beyond traditional labor history. Merritt also writes historical pieces for the public, and has had letters and essays published in a variety. From foundational works to the most recent scholarship, this list collects the best academic writings on workers and the history of labor. Book prizes joseph levenson pre1900 book prize china lara blanchard, song dynasty figures of longing and desire.

International labour organization history the international labour organization was created in 1919 by part xiii of the versailles peace treaty ending world war i. The philip taft labor history book award is an annual award for the book judged by the award committee to be the outstanding book on american labor hi the philip taft labor history book award is an annual award for the book judged by the award committee to be the outstanding book on american labor history published during the preceding calendar year. Forkosch prize annually in recognition of the best book in english in the field of british, british imperial, or british commonwealth history since 1485. Schmidt, for industrial violence and the legal origins of child labor published by. Daniel martinez hosang, university of oregon, racial propositions. This book provides a significant revision of south african labor history and makes an important contribution to the debate about apartheids genesis. Labor history is considered in a broad sense to include the history of workers, their institutions, and their workplaces, as well as the broader historical trends that have shaped workingclass life, including but not limited to. Race and labor in america since 1865 and the cio, 19351955, and three fielddefining edited volumes on southern labor history. Goldthree, whose article, a greater enterprise than the panama canal, won labors 2017 best article prize.

Beveridge award in american history for a distinguished book on the history of the united states, latin america, or canada, from 1492 to the present. The philip taft labor history book award is sponsored by the cornell university school of industrial and labor relations in cooperation with the labor and workingclass history association for books relating to labor history of the united states. Lawcha is an organization of scholars, teachers, students, labor educators, and activists who seek to promote public and scholarly awareness of labor and workingclass history through research, writing, and organizing. The west and the workers, 18701930 western labor history and historiography.

Awards are determined by the special prize committee, based on nominations made by judges. She has written on the history of mass incarceration, as well as its current impact, for the new york times, time, the atlantic, salon, dissent, new labor forum, and the huffington post. Philip taft labor history book award, cornell university school of industrial and labor relations, 2004. Schmidt, for industrial violence and the legal origins of child labor published by cambridge university press. Thus it is one of the original pulitzers, for the program was inaugurated in 1917 with seven prizes, four of which were awarded that year. The gilder lehrman prize for military history at the newyork historical society awarded for the best book on military history in the englishspeaking world, without restrictions as to time, ed 2018 and distinguished by its scholarship, its contribution to the literature, and its appeal to both a general and an academic audience. Recipients of the sol stetin award for labor history hillman. The paul birdsall prize for a major book on european military and strategic history since 1870 biennial. Race, class, and power university press of florida, 2018, which won the 2019 best book award from the uale united association for labor education. Awarded jointly to indispensable outcasts and robert korstad, civil rights unionism.

The american historical association offers the morris d. New england, colombia, and the making of a global working class by aviva chomsky is an historical study that eloquently and forcefully explains why, as she puts it, a race to the bottom 12, 294 for workers wages and rights is taking place. The aas is pleased to announce the winners of this years prize competitions and offer congratulations to all honorees. Scraping by won the oahs merle curti prize, the philip taft labor history book award, and the h. A specialist in labor and immigration history, he has written, coauthored, or co edited ten books, including, most recently. Race and activism in durban and the san francisco bay area offers a powerful story while. Seth rockman, history, brown university, plantation labor. Award recipients the ilr school cornell university. Philip taft labor history book award the ilr school cornell. Ziegerteacher, scholar, and tireless union activist. Wage labor, slavery, and survival in early baltimore, published by the john hopkins university press. Peter cole wins philip taft labor history book award for.

Pages in category history awards the following 69 pages are in this category, out of 69 total. New york labor history association a bridge between past. The david montgomery award is given annually by the oah with cosponsorship by the labor and workingclass history association lawcha for the best book on a topic in american labor and workingclass history. List of books and articles about labor history online. The triumph and tragedy of cesar chavez and the farm worker movement is the most comprehensive history ever written on the meteoric rise and precipitous decline of the united farm workers, the most successful farm labor union in. Sailors, slaves, commoners, and the hidden history of the revolutionary atlantic beacon press, 2000, winner of the international labor history book prize, and the slave ship. The 2017 philip taft labor history book award goes to lashawn harris for her book, sex workers, psychics, and numbers runners.

Discover librarianselected research resources on labor history from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals, magazines, newspapers and more. Brilliantly conceived and written, this book takes the organic world as its starting point. Using a range of untapped sources, it shows that there was far more strike action during world war ii than has been officially acknowledged. Mitchell prize from the southern historical association. Macomb, il a book written by a western illinois university history professor has been awarded a labor history book prize. The award is sponsored by the cornell university school of industrial and labor relations in cooperation with the labor and workingclass history association. Chomskys recommended labor history books list the following is a book list on labor history made from the references in noam chomskys books.

Labor history book list ohio university press swallow press. One of the reasons i wrote the book is to sound the alarm that theres been a real decline of worker power overall, greenhouse, who spent some two decades covering labor for the new york. Wiu professor lands philip taft prize in labor and working. The philip taft labor history book award is an annual award for the book judged by the award committee to be the outstanding book on american labor histo. It also includes awardwinning books, including winners of. Philip taft labor history book award, labor and workingclass history association lawcha and the cornell ilr school, 2019. The wolfson history prizes are literary awards given annually in the united kingdom to promote and encourage standards of excellence in the writing of history for the general public. It grew out of nineteenthcentury labor and social movements which culminated in widespread demands for social justice and higher living standards for the worlds working people. He is the author of several books, which have been translated into a dozen languages, including with peter linebaugh, the manyheaded hydra. The jerry bentley prize for the most outstanding book on world history. Zieger was a prolific, awardwinning writer whose books include for jobs and freedom.

Philip taft labor history book prize 2006 for the southern diaspora ray allen billington prize 1991 from organization of american historians for american exodus pacific coast branch book award 1990 from american historical association pacific coast branch for american exodus. About the taft award the philip taft labor history award is an annual competition open to any book or books published in the preceding calendar year relating. The philip taft labor history prize committee is pleased to announce the winner of the 2011 prize for the best book in labor and workingclass history published in 2010. Allan sharlin memorial award, social science history association, 2004. Lawcha the labor and workingclass history association. Jamaican guestworkers in america and the global history of deportable labor princeton university press 2011. Gender and interiority in chinese painting and poetry brill citation. Ballot initiatives and the making of postwar california university of california press 2010. He reveals a complex world shaped by the connected forces of land, labor, corporate industrialization, and workers resistance. Philip taft labor history book prize 2006 for the southern diaspora ray allen billington prize 1991 from organization of american historians for american exodus pacific coast branch book award 1990 from american historical association pacific. Past award recipients the ilr school cornell university.

The winner of this years prize is seth rockman, for scraping by. American social history projectcenter for media and learning the ashps herb tool, named after labor historian herbert gutman, is an easytouse search engine that allows teachers to find documents, teaching activities, and worksheets for integrating social history, including labor history, in the classroom. Philip taft labor history book award the ilr school. The great powers and american independence was awarded the bancroft prize in 1966.

A subscription to labor is available through membership in lawcha the labor questionwho will do the work and under what economic and political terms. The philip taft labor history award is an annual competition open to any book or books published in the preceding calendar year relating to the history of american labor. Willard hurst prize is given annually biennially prior to 2002 by the law and society association for the best work in english in sociolegal history published in the previous year. Freeman is distinguished professor of history at queens college and. New england, colombia, and the making of a global working class by aviva chomsky is an historical study that eloquently and forcefully explains why, as she puts it, a race to the bottom 12, 294 for. Few books move with the power and ease of there is power in a union. Finalists for the pauli murray book prize in black.

The philip taft labor history book award is an annual award for the book judged by the award committee to be the outstanding book on american labor the philip taft labor history book award is an annual award for the book judged by the award committee to be the outstanding book on american labor. Professor morris has also worked in the field of american legal history, american diplomatic history, and the history of the american revolution. A revised version of this essay was published in a companion to the american west, ed. The official journal for the labor and workingclass history association lawcha. Heather ann thompson is an awardwinning historian at the university of michigan. The new york labor history association nylha was founded in 1976 by trade unionists, academics, students, archivists, educators, labor editors, attorneys, and retirees, mostly from new york state. James gregory department of history university of washington. Named after lawyer, author, and womens rights activistintellectual pauli murray, this prize recognizes the best book concerning black intellectual history broadly conceived published between january 1, 2017 and december 31, 2017 by a member of aaihs. The book was awarded the 2011 philip taft labor history prize.

Nylha encourages the study of workers and their organizations and serves as a bridge between past and present labor unionists and academics. Filled with unforgettable characters who claim monumental places in american history, dray captures the personalities that carved the labor movement into the annals of american history. The society for french historical studies awards the david h. Merritt is also coeditor, with matthew hild, of reconsidering southern labor history.

My recent book, industrial violence and the legal origins of child labor was published by cambridge university press in 2010. However, students can selfnominate when they register for the state contest. In the spirit of willard hursts own work, the field of sociolegal history is broadly defined to include the history of interrelationships between law and. This years neclas 2009 best book prize winning entry, linked labor histories.

From the jaws of victory by matthew garcia paperback. For this years philip taft award for the best book published in 2019 on labor and workingclass history, the committee, made up of ileen devault chair, cornell university, lawrence glickman cornell university and lawcha representatives josh freeman cuny graduate center, lashawn. A human history vikingpenguin, 2007, winner of the george washington book prize. Race and activism in durban and the san francisco bay area. Recipients of the sol stetin award for labor history. It has been presented since 1917 for a distinguished book about the history of the united states. Philip taft labor history book award winners goodreads. It examines the ways in which legal actions resulting from industrial accidents incurred by young people helped to shape the cultural meanings of child labor. Eligible works shall be written in english and deal with united states history in significant ways but may include comparative or transnational studies that fall within these guidelines. Philip taft labor history book award book awards librarything. The history of labor and workers has been an incredibly productive field. The triumph and tragedy of cesar chavez and the farm worker movement is the most comprehensive history ever written on the meteoric rise and precipitous decline of the united farm workers, the most successful farm labor union in united states history.

Pinkney prize to the most distinguished book in french history, published for the first time the preceding year by a citizen of the united states or canada or by an author with a fulltime appointment at an american or canadian college or university. The prize is named in honor of the late professor robert h. Read to respond duke university presss read to respond series highlights articles and books that engage with todays most pressing issues. The philip taft labor history prize committee is pleased to announce the winner of the 2010 prize for the best book in labor and workingclass history published in 2009. Philip taft labor history book award the philip taft labor history book award is given to the best book on the history of american labor published in the preceding calendar year.