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Studies in Labour History
Published by Liverpool University Press in association with the Society for the Study of Labour History
Series Editor: Alan Campbell, University of Liverpool, UK
'...a series which will undoubtedly become an important force in re-invigorating the study of Labour History.'
English Historical Review
Studies in Labour History is the Society's book series, originally published with Ashgate and which from 2010 is published in partnership with Liverpool University Press. Since the first volume appeared in 1998, Studies has established itself as a major international presence in the field. After just five volumes appeared, English Historical Review predicted that the series ‘will undoubtedly become an important force in re-invigorating the study of Labour History’. Since then a further 23 volumes have appeared.
Studies in Labour History provides reassessments of broad themes along with more detailed studies arising from the latest research in the field of labour and working-class history, both in Britain and throughout the world. Most books are single-authored but there are also volumes of essays focussed on key themes and issues, usually emerging from major conferences organized by the British Society for the Study of Labour History.
The series includes studies of labour organizations, including international ones, where there is a need for new research or modern reassessment. It is also its objective to extend the breadth of labour history's gaze beyond conventionally organized workers, sometimes to workplace experiences in general, sometimes to industrial relations, but also to working-class lives beyond the immediate realm of work in households and communities.
The series is an achievement of which the Society is proud. The subject range is impressive. There is an equal split between British and European and international coverage. Gender issues and trade unionism are well represented but there are also volumes devoted to Jewish workers and the labour movement, to child labour in European perspective, and to English farm workers. Authors and editors are drawn from a range of universities in Britain, Europe, Australia and the Americas.
Much credit for this is due to Chris Wrigley (School of History, University of Nottingham) whose term as General Editor ended in December 2004. He was succeeded by Malcolm Chase (School of History, University of Leeds) who consolidated and extended the reputation of the series. The current series editor is Alan Campbell (School of History, University of Liverpool).
Monographs in the series are normally up to 100,000 words in length including footnotes and based on original primary research. Proposals are especially welcomed from established academics in the field with a proven track record of publishing high quality research.
Authors wishing to propose a contribution to the series should consult the Liverpool University Press guidelines available at:
http://www.liverpool-unipress.co.uk/html/howtopublish.asp
Proposals or expressions of interest should be emailed to Alan Campbell at:
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Previously published titles in the series, available from Ashgate Publishing (http://www.ashgate.com/) include the following:
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Isabelle Baudino, Jacques Carré, Cecile Révauger (eds), The Invisible Woman: Aspects of Women's Work in 18th Century Britain, 2005.
Stefan Berger, Andy Croll, Norman LaPorte (eds.), Towards a Comparative History of Coalfield Societies, 2005.
Sheila Blackburn, A Fair day’s Wage for a Fair Day’s Work? Sweated Labour and the Origins of Minimum Wage Legislation in Britain, 2007.
Alan Campbell, Nina Fishman, John McIlroy (eds), British Trade Unions and Industrial Politics: Volume One, The Post-War Compromise, 1945-64, 1999.
Malcolm Chase, Early Trade Unionism: Fraternity, Skill and the Politics of Labour, 2000.
Christine Collette, The International Faith: Labour's Attitudes to European Socialism, 1918-39, 1998.
Janet Greenlees, Female Labour Power: Women Workers’ Influence on Business Practices in the British and American Cotton Industries, 1780-1860, 2007.
Karin Hofmeester, Jewish Workers and the Labour Movement: a Comparative Study of Amsterdam, London and Paris 1870-1914, 2004.
Krista Kowman and Louise A. Jackson, Women and Work Culture: Britain, c. 1850-1950, 2005
Marcel van der Linden, Transnational Labour History: Explorations, 2003.
Nicholas Mansfield, English Farmworkers and Local Patriotism, 1900-1930, 2001.
Joseph Melling (ed.) Managing the Modern Workplace, 2008.
John McIlroy, Nina Fishman, Alan Campbell (eds.), British Trade Unions and Industrial Politics: Volume Two, The High Tide of Trade Unionism, 1964-79, 1999.
Arthur McIvor and Ronald Johnston, A History of Dust Disease in British Coal Mining, 2007.
Matt Perry, Prisoners of Want: The Experience and the Protest of the Unemployed in France, 1921-45, 2007.
Paul A Pickering (et al), Contested Sites: Commemoration, Memorial and Popular Politics in Nineteenth-Century Britain, 2004.
Marjatta Rahikainen, Centuries of Child Labour: European Experiences from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century, 2004.
Jean-Louis Robert, Antoine Prost and Chris Wrigley (eds), The Emergence of European Trade Unionism, 2004.
Jutta Schwarzkopf, Unpicking Gender: The Social Construction of Gender in the Lancashire Cotton Weaving Industry, 1880-1914, 2004.
Andrew Taylor, The NUM and British Politics: Volume 1, 1944-1968, 2003.
Andrew Taylor, The NUM and British Politics: Volume 2, 1969-1995, 2005.
Margaret Walsh (ed.), Working Out Gender: Perspectives from Labour History, 1999.
Matthew Worley (ed.), Labour’s Grass Roots: Essays on the Activities and Experiences of Local Labour Parties and Members, 1918-1945, 2005.
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