Class and Other Identities

Lex Heerma van Voss is a Fellow of the International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam.

• AcknowledgementsChapter 1. IntroductionMarcel van der Linden and Lex Heerma van VossIssues: Chapter 2. New Trends in Labour Movement Historiography: A PerspectiveJürgen KockaChapter 3. Class and Labour HistoryMike SavageChapter 4. Gender in Labour and Working-Class HistoryEileen YeoChapter 5. Ethnicity and Labour History: With Special Reference Irish MigrationJohn BelchemChapter 6. The Role of Religion in Social and Labour HistoryPatrick PastureChapter 7. Two Labour Histories or One?Alice Kessler-HarrisChapter 8. Paradigm Lost? The Futures of Labour HistoryJanaki NairReferences:Main West European Labour History Periodicals, 1911–2000Bibliographical Essays on the Development of West European Labour History, 1965–2000Bibliographies of West European Labour Historiography, 1965–2000Biographical DictionariesMultiple-Country Surveys of West European Labour HistoryA Brief Guide to Relevant WebsitesSelect and Annotated Bibliography, 1990–2000Notes on ContributorsIndex

“For starters, the annotated bibliography is invaluable…A second excellent morsel is the ‘Brief Guide to Relevant Websites’ which highlights online tools for labour history researchers ... Finally, the back of the book gives an inventory of the ‘Main West European History Periodicals 1911-2000’, which is also a delight to read…All this is to say that what happens at the end of the book is just as interesting as what happens at the beginning of the book.”   · Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations"This fine collection of essays by some of the leading labor historians of Western Europe offers various assessments of the current state of the field of labor history and cogent discussions of the new challenges faced by labor historians in light of contemporary political and academic trends ... an excellent introduction ... Accompanying the essays are several very useful reference materials ... a valuable resource for all labor historians."  · Choice“This book will be a valuable asset to scholars and, in particular, to students preparing for preliminary examinations and dissertation research. The essays offer thoughtful evaluations of past and present research in European labor history and suggest important new areas of investigation. The bibliographic tolls alone ensure the book a wide audience inside and outside the field.”   ·  Journal of Social History