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The official journal for the Labor and Working-Class History Association @lawcha_org. Published by @DukePress
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Enjoy these great articles while you can and have a happy new year!
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And finally, "Whence Automation?: The History (and Possible Futures) of a Concept" (vol. 21, no. 1) by Salem Elzway and Jason Resnikoff
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Abstract. Rather than a dispassionate term of engineering, automation is what scholars of STS (Science, Technology, and Society) call a “sociotechnical imaginary.” It offers a seductive and ready-t...
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Followed by "Cocoa at Work: Materials and Labor in the Making of Global Chocolate" (vol. 21, no. 1) by Marta Macedo
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Abstract. This article examines two distant workspaces of cocoa: plantations in São Tomé, a small Portuguese colonial island in the African Gulf of Guinea, and a British chocolate factory. In line...
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Next is "The ILO, the Politics of Statistics, and Changing Perceptions of Informal Work, 1970–Present" (vol. 21, no. 1) by Sibylle Marti
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Abstract. The article contributes to the history of labor statistics by identifying the social, political, and epistemic conditions that led to the recognition of informal work as a countable form of...
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Then "Auto Friction: Douglas Fraser’s 1980 Trip to Japan and the Roots of the Foreign-Owned Auto Industry in the United States" (vol. 21, no. 3) by Timothy J. Minchin
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Abstract. This article explores a February 1980 trip to Japan by Douglas Fraser, the president of the United Automobile Workers. On the trip, Fraser met with the heads of Japan's biggest automakers,...
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Starting off with "Amazon Mechanical Turk: The Human Sciences’ Labor Problem" (vol. 21, no. 3) by Jiemin Tina Wei
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Abstract. This article investigates the rise of Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk), Amazon Web Services, Inc.’s crowdsourcing labor platform, in social science research since 2005. A new “digital...
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As the year wraps up, we want to share LABOR’s Most Read Articles of 2024. These are FREE for all to read from now until January 31, 2025!
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This article, from our latest issue (21:4), is FREE for all to read now through March 31, 2025!
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Hope everyone is having a great holiday season! Our present to you is "Between the Homing Pigeon and the Vagrant" Erik Bernardino shows how policing sexual morals was intertwined with race/class through his exploration of border policy in the early 20th C.
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Abstract. This article traces how local, state, and federal officials in the United Sates weaponized morality against Mexican contract wage laborers in the first three decades of the twentieth...
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Our new issue (21.4 Dec. 2024) is out now! We'll be going over the contents in the coming days, but in the meantime, have a look through our Editor's Introduction by @Greeneland for an overview of what's in store!
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The history of labor migration dominates this issue, with a rich trio of articles exploring (respectively) 1930s California, early twentieth-century border policing, and xenophobia toward Indian...
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LABOR is proud to announce the second year of our Translation Prize. We invite submissions of articles in Spanish or Portuguese that focus on labor and working-class history, published from 2023-24. The winner will be translated and appear in our journal. See the call for details
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It's really a fascinating discussion on an important book that you won't want to miss.
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And lastly, the author herself, Margot Canaday, rounds it out in "A Response, or Some of the Things I Wish I Had Also Said" https://t.co/s331XSnrIs
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My book has been out in the world for precisely one year as I draft this response, and it's been an honor and a privilege to receive such thoughtful, and sometimes challenging, feedback on what I...
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@joshhollands in From "'Queer Labor' to Queer Career" https://t.co/vHb1DncGdT
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Margot Canaday's Queer Career comes at a pivotal point in both the history and historiography of work and sexuality in the United States. In 2020, the US Supreme Court ruled that sexual orientation...
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@lisalevenstein in "Queer Career and the History of Social Movements" https://t.co/cnZyjyaYwp
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@JulioCapoJr in "Seeking a Queerer Queer Career" https://t.co/AmXQnZutml
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Margot Canaday's Queer Career is an important book that will no doubt inspire new works and threads for scholars to pursue. It's also a massive undertaking. With it, Canaday seeks to reinvigorate the...
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Drawn from our 2023 Book Forum, this roundtable features commentary by Christopher Phelps in "Capitalism, Work, and Sexuality from the Lavender Scare to Now" https://t.co/lH0PxGE4KI
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Margot Canaday's Queer Career, a landmark contribution to queer labor history, begins at precisely the moment in time when her brilliant first book, The Straight State, left off. The Straight State...
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If you’re looking for some fun reading for the holiday break, look no further than our roundtable on Margot Canaday’s groundbreaking book Queer Career: Sexuality and Work in Modern America.
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Check out this great episode of Labor History Today on the rediscovery of labor artist Phillip Tipperman - with commentary from our editors @Greeneland @PatrickMDixon & @_kathymnewman. And be on the lookout for our roundtable on Tipperman's art in the March 2025 issue of LABOR!
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