Published by EH.NET (January 2009)
Chris Howell, Trade Unionism and the State: The Construction of Industrial Relations Institutions in Britain, 1890-2000. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2005. xi + 243 pp. $39.50 (cloth), ISBN: 0-69101-2106-0.
Reviewed for EH.NET by James W. Stitt, Professor of History, High Point University.
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Between the 7th and the 9th of September 2009, the Anarchist Studies Network and the PSA Marxism Specialist group are organising a joint conference on the intersections between Marxism and Anarchism over the past 150 years. The event is generously hosted by the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice (Nottingham, UK), and supported by the journals Anarchist Studies, Capital & Class, Critique-Journal of Socialist Theory, Historical Materialism and Studies in Marxism.
Marcel van der Linden. Western Marxism and the Soviet Union: A Survey of Critial Theories and Debates since 1917. Leiden: Brill, 2007. ix + 380 pp. $139.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-90-04-15875-7.
Reviewed by Henry Reichman
Published on H-Russia (November, 2008)
Commissioned by Nellie H. Ohr
S. R. Epstein and Maarten Prak, editors, Guilds, Innovation and the European Economy, 1400-1800. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. viii + 352 pp. $99 (cloth), ISBN: 978-0-521-88717-5.
Reviewed for EH.NET by Christine MacLeod, School of Humanities, University of Bristol.
Gorsuch, Anne E.; Koenker, Diane P. (Hrsg.): Turizm. The Russian and East European Tourist under Capitalism and Socialism. Ithaca: Cornell University Press 2006. ISBN 978-0-8014-7328-9; brosch.; 328 S.; EUR 19,99.
Rezensiert für H-Soz-u-Kult von:Katharina Kucher, Institut für Osteuropäische Geschichte und Landeskunde, Universität TübingenE-Mail: [mailto]katharina.kucher@gmx.de[/mailto]
Cortright, David: Peace: A History of Movements and Ideas. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2008. ISBN 9780521670005; 392 S.; $ 29.99.
Rezensiert für den Arbeitskreis Historische Friedensforschung bei H-Soz-u-Kult von:
Reinhold Lütgemeier-Davin, Kassel
E-Mail: [mailto]luetgemeier-davin@t-online.de[/mailto]
David Richardson, Anthony Tibbles, Suzanne Schwarz, eds. Liverpool and Transatlantic Slavery. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2007. xii + 315 pp. $75.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-84631-066-9.
Reviewed by Isaac Land
Published on H-Albion (November, 2008)
Commissioned by David S. Karr
Craig Nelson. Thomas Paine: Enlightenment, Revolution and the Birth of Modern Nations. New York Penguin Books, 2007. 396 pp. $16.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-14-311238-9.
Reviewed by Michael J. Turner
Published on H-Albion (November, 2008)
Commissioned by David S. Karr
2009 sees the 50th volume of Labor History and to celebrate this milestone Routledge is pleased to offer a special US$ 5,000 Graduate Scholarship Prize. The deadline for scholarship applications, which will be assessed by the journal editors, is Friday 15th May. Visit the Labour History website and follow the 'news & offers link' for an application form and details of the terms and conditions.
Zu einer transnationalen Geschichte der Kunst im kommunistischen Europa, 1945-1989 - Berlin 02/09
Pour une histoire transnationale de l'art dans l'Europe communiste, 1945-1989
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Jérôme Bazin, Université de Picardie; Pascal Dubourg Glatigny, Centre Marc Bloch-CNRS; Martin Schieder, Universität Leipzig; Béatrice von Hirschhausen, Centre Marc Bloch-CNRS 16.02.2009, Berlin
Deadline: 15.04.2009
