Labor History (journal)

*Labor History*
OCLC no.	01755402
Links
	Journal homepage; Online access; Online archives;

Labor History is a peer-reviewed academic journal which publishes articles regarding the history of the labor movement in the United States, Europe, and other regions and countries.

Publication history

The journal was established in 1953 as the Labor Historian's Bulletin (

Tamiment Institute, later to be published by CarFax, a subsidiary of Taylor & Francis.^[2]

In 2003 the journal was sold to

Labor: Studies in Working-Class History.^[2]^[3]

The journal is currently published by Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis. The current editor is Craig Phelan of Solidarity Center (Abuja, Nigeria), US editor Gerald Friedman of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and book review editor John Trumpbour of Harvard University.^[4]

Since 2013, the journal is being published 5 times a year.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and/or indexed in

SocINDEX, and Web of Science

.

Editors

In 1974, Daniel Leab became editor and served the journal for more than two decades.^[5]

Awards

Each year, Labor History awards a number of writing prizes. Honors are given to the best essay on an

Ph.D.

, best labor-themed dissertation, and best book on labor.

References

^ "Labor History". ULRICHSWEB. ProQuest, LLC. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
^ ^a ^b Smallwood, Scott; David Glenn (July 4, 2003). "Editor of 'Labor History' Quits, and Dozens Join Him; Oxford Press Hires Editor From Princeton". The Chronicle of Higher Education. 49 (43): A18. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
^ "SPARC Partners with New Labor Studies Journal". Weekly News Digest. 15 September 2003. Retrieved 28 October 2011. According to Leon Fink, the former editor in chief of Labor History and editor of the new Labor, the principal issue was maintaining the journal's editorial independence. More than 40 people associated with the Taylor and Francis journal have joined Fink at the new Labor journal, including four associate editors, the book review editor, the six-person editorial committee, and the 30 contributing editors.
^ "Labor History: Editorial Board". Taylor & Francis. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
^ "Daniel J. Leab Collection: Papers, 1900–1975" (PDF). Wayne State University - Walter P. Reuther Library (Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs). May 1980. Retrieved 17 November 2016.

External links

Official website

[1] "Labor History". ULRICHSWEB. ProQuest, LLC. Retrieved 28 October 2011.

[Smallwood-2] Smallwood, Scott; David Glenn (July 4, 2003). "Editor of 'Labor History' Quits, and Dozens Join Him; Oxford Press Hires Editor From Princeton". The Chronicle of Higher Education. 49 (43): A18. Retrieved 28 October 2011.

[3] "SPARC Partners with New Labor Studies Journal". Weekly News Digest. 15 September 2003. Retrieved 28 October 2011. According to Leon Fink, the former editor in chief of Labor History and editor of the new Labor, the principal issue was maintaining the journal's editorial independence. More than 40 people associated with the Taylor and Francis journal have joined Fink at the new Labor journal, including four associate editors, the book review editor, the six-person editorial committee, and the 30 contributing editors.

[4] "Labor History: Editorial Board". Taylor & Francis. Retrieved 11 March 2021.

[5] "Daniel J. Leab Collection: Papers, 1900–1975" (PDF). Wayne State University - Walter P. Reuther Library (Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs). May 1980. Retrieved 17 November 2016.

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