Hard Work

Melvyn Dubofsky is Distinguished Professor of History at Binghamton University, SUNY. He is the author of We Shall Be All: A History of the Industrial Workers of the World and coauthor of John L. Lewis: A Biography.

• CoverTitleCopyrightContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Starting Out in the Fifties: True Confessions of a Labor Historian2. The Origins of Western Working-Class Radicalism, 1890–19053. The IWW, the Culture of Poverty, and the Concept of Power4. Tom Mann and William D. Haywood: Culture, Personality, and Comparative History5. Abortive Reform: The Wilson Administration and Organized Labor, 1913–206. Not So "Turbulent Years": Another Look at Americain the 1930s7. American Industrial Workers and Political Parties from Roosevelt to Reagan: A Comparative Perspective8. Technological Change and American Worker Movements, 1870–19709. A New Look at the Original Case: To What Extent Was the United States Fordist?10. If All the World Were Paterson: Herbert Gutman, the American Working Class, and the Future of Labor HistorySelected PublicationsIndexBack cover

"This all-too-rare example of history at its best combines interesting stories told within a context of weighty, yet accessible ideas. An appropriate capstone to Dubofsky's long and distinguished career."--Choice"Dubofsky's articles continue to instruct us in our present work as labor and social historians, even as they serve as an insightful guide to critical aspects in the evolution of the field over the last four decades. Culled from a lifetime of scholarship, these essays now gathered together remind us of our debt to his pronounced historical curiosity, careful research, and innovative interpretive analysis. It is a boon to have them collected in a volume so useful for teaching at all levels."--Nick Salvatore, author of Eugene V. Debs: Citizen and Socialist"Dubofsky's essays are central to the current labor history literature. Anyone serious about labor history as a field of study will want to own this book."--Robert Zieger, author of American Workers, American Unions