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Stephen H. Norwood. Strikebreaking and Intimidation: Mercenaries and Masculinity in Twentieth-Century America. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2002. xii + 328 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $59.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-8078-2705-3; $19.95 (paper), ISBN 0-8078-5373-9.

Reviewed for H-Business by Paul Moreno, Department of History, HillsdaleCollege
Published by H-Business (May 2004)

Call for Papers
Editors: Keri Cronin and Kirsty Robertson
Queens University, Kingston, Ontario

The Costume Society of America, Region I (New England and Canadian Maritime Provinces) announces a call for papers for the symposium "At Work: An Exploration of Occupational Clothing", to be held on Saturday,October 16, 2004 at Heritage Museums and Gardens, Sandwich, Massachusetts.

Thanks to the Heritage Lottery Fund it is now possible to search The National Archives Catalogue for subjects about the working conditions of men and women in the UK between 1892 and 1933. Subjects covered in the records include: working hours, industrial disputes, train strikes, equal rights for women workers, employment during and after World War I, juvenile labour and safety at work.

The Canadian Committee on Labour History's Annual Workshop will take place in Winnipeg, Manitoba on Sunday, June 6, 2004 (the day after the Canadian Historical Association's Annual Meeting concludes).

Location: The Ukrainian Labour Temple 591 Pritchard Ave., Winnipeg.
Agenda: June 6, 2004

Chris Wrigley, British Trade Unions since 1933. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. viii + 106 pp. $40 (hardback), ISBN: 0-521-57231-2; $15 (paperback), ISBN: 0-521-57640-7.

Reviewed for EH.NET by Gerald Friedman, Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts at Amherst (March 2004)

Robert Michael Smith. From Blackjacks to Briefcases: A History of Strikebreaking and Unionbusting in the United States. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2003. xviii + 179 pp. Index. $44.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-8421-41465-8; $16.95 (paper), ISBN 0-8214-1466-6.

Reviewed for H-USA by Rachel M. Howse, School of Archives, Information and Library Science, University College London (February 2004)

Conference on Daniel Guérin (1904-88)
Loughborough University, 17-19 September 2004

On the 100th anniversary of his birth, the purpose of this conference is to celebrate and critically examine the life and work of Daniel Guérin.

Nicolas NAIF, L'Eurocommunisme en Belgique: Crises et débats autour d'une voie belge au socialisme. Bruxelles 2004, Editions CARCOB et Centre d'historie des gauches ULB.

Y eut-il jamais une voie belge au socialisme? En d’autres termes, l’eurocommunisme fut-il la grande occasion ratée d’adapter aux conditions d’un pays occidental développé la doctrine qui avait enflammé les bolcheviks russes?

Thomas V. McClendon. Genders and Generations Apart: Labor Tenants and Customary Law in Segregation-Era South Africa, 1920s to 1940s. Social History of Africa Series. Portsmouth: Heinemann, 2002. xxii + 234 pp. Tables, maps, photographs. $67.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-325-07088-1; $24.95 (paper), ISBN 0-325-07110-1.

Reviewed by Aran MacKinnon, Department of History, University of West Georgia.
Published by H-SAfrica (January, 2004)