German Historical Institute
in collaboration with
the Society for the Study of Labour History

Call for Papers:
From the Blanketeers to the Present:
Understanding Protests of the Unemployed
Held at the German Historical Institute, London
16/17 February 2007

The lack of work has been a recurrent grievance for working people and a site of protest since the early days of labour movements. This conference will bring together the latest international research into the protests of the workless.

Boletín digital de actividades de la Fundación Francisco Largo Caballeronúmero 18 - mayo de 2006

Publicaciones

The "Programmatische Dokumente und Statuten der deutschen Gewerkschaftsbewegung und der Sozialdemokratischen Partei Deutschlands" (Programmatic Documents and Statutes of the German Trade Union Movement and the Social Democratic Party of Germany) are presenting in full text the programmatic positions of the German social democracy and trade union movement since their beginnings in the 19th century. The project was realized with the support of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinnschaft (DFG).

The "Bibliographie zur Geschichte der deutschen Arbeiterbewegung und zur Theorie und Praxis der politischen Linken" (Bibliography of the History of the German Labour Movement and the Theory and Practice of the political Left) shows the literature published since 1976. The project was realized with the support of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinnschaft (DFG). The monographs and articles are about the history and politics of the German labour movement and are part of the collection of the library of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in Bonn.

Hans-Walter Schmuhl. Arbeitsmarktpolitik und Arbeitsverwaltung in Deutschland 1871-2002: Zwischen Fürsorge, Hoheit und Markt. Nuremberg: Bundesanstalt für Arbeit, 2003. xx + 776 pp. Illustrations, bibliography, notes, index. EUR 12.50 (paper), ISBN 0-173-657-4.

Reviewed by: Ulf Zimmermann, Kennesaw State University.
Published by: H-German (January, 2006)

Dieter Kastner. Kinderarbeit im Rheinland: Entstehung und Wirkung des ersten preussischen Gesetzes gegen die Arbeit von Kindern in Fabriken von 1839. Stuttgart: SH Verlag, 2004. 303 pp. Notes. EUR 29.80 (cloth), ISBN 3-8949-8129-6.

Reviewed by: Michael E. O'Sullivan, Department of History, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
Published by: H-German (January, 2006)

Craig Heron and Steve Penfold. The Workers' Festival: A History of Labour Day in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2005. viii + 340 pp. Illustrations, notes, index. $80.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-8020-3847-6; $39.95 (paper), ISBN 0-8020-4886-2.

Reviewed by: Nolan Reilly, Department of History, University of Winnipeg.
Published by: H-Canada (March, 2006)

Annika Teppo. The Making of a Good White: A Historical Ethnography of the Rehabilitation of Poor Whites in a Suburb of Cape Town. Research Series in Anthropology Series. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press, 2004. 274 pp. Abbreviations, references, index. No price listed (paper), ISBN 952-10-1978-6.

Reviewed by: Richard Ballard, Centre for Civil Society, University of KwaZulu-Natal.
Published by: H-SAfrica (February, 2006)

E. S. Savas, ed. Managing Welfare Reform in New York City. Lanham: Rowan and Littlefield, 2005. xv + 375 pp. Index. $85 (cloth), ISBN 0-7425-4927-5.

Reviewed by: Edward D. Berkowitz, Department of History and School of Public Policy and Public Administration, George Washington University.
Published by: H-Urban (February, 2006)

David Silbey. The British Working Class and Enthusiasm for War, 1914-1916. London and New York: Frank Cass, 2005. x + 189 pp. Notes, index. $115 (cloth), ISBN 0-415-35005-0.

Reviewed by: Nikolas Gardner, University of Salford.
Published by: H-War (January, 2006)