Sexuality, the Working Classes and Labour Movements
Call for Papers

38th International Conference of Labour and Social History (ITH)
Linz, Austria, September, 12 to 14, 2002

The International Conferences of Labour and Social History -- currently with 90 affiliated institutes -- have taken place every year since 1965. Their aim is international exchange and discussion of research on labour and other social movements. Conferences include researchers and research from Eastern and Western Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Australia.

The V.V. Giri National Labour Institute published three new titles in the NLI Research Studies Series:

• Tirthankar Roy, Outline of a History of Labour in Traditional Small-scale Industry in India, 53 pp (no 15).
• Samita Sen, Gender and Class: Women in Indian Industry, 1920-1990, 57 pp (no 16).
• Dilip Simeon, The Politics of the Labour Movement: an Essay on Differential Aspirations, 41 pp (no 17).

For more information:

This newly formed section of the American Sociological Association has a web site at www.bgsu.edu/departments/soc/prof/mason/ASA with some excellent web links to Labor Journals, Labor Theory, Labor Libraries etc. Also publishes a newsletter, In Critical Solidarity, that in addition to info on the ASA, has a list of members scholarly work, resources lists and member exchanges on globalization.

Info provided by Kim Scipes (sscipe1@icarus.cc.uic.edu).

The Reuther Brothers-Walter, Roy, and Victor
by Mike and Pam Smith

The story of three brothers who were instrumental in creating the UAW, one of America's great unions.

WILL SUCCESS

A Friend in Berlin has informed us that "a will has been made in our favour". We are grateful to all who have considered us and hope that more will in the future.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Volunteers are needed to help us compile mailing lists to send out invitations to our 'Student' Day at the Library. The event is to take place on Sunday, 4th November, 2001 and starts at 2pm until 5pm. Please contact the Library if you can help with the above.

WCML OPEN DAY

Pit Women: Coal Communities in Northern England in the Early Twentieth Century
By Griselda Carr

Griselda Carr lives in Sheffield and was formerly a Lecturer in Social Studies at Leeds University

Richard Franklin Bensel, The Political Economy of American Industrialization, 1877-1900. Cambridge, UK and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000. xxiii + 549 pp. $64.95 (cloth), ISBN: 0-521-77233-8; $24.95 (paper), ISBN: 0-521-77604-X.

Reviewed for EH.NET by David L. Carlton, Department of History, Vanderbilt University.
Published by EH.NET, August 2001.

Economics, Politics, and Region in the Making of Modern America

Derek H. Aldcroft and Michael J. Oliver, Trade Unions and the Economy: 1870-2000. Aldershot, Hampshire and Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing, 2000. xiii + 222 pp. $79.95 (hardback), ISBN: 1-85928-370-5.

Reviewed for EH.NET by Sharon Otoo, School of Management, Royal Holloway, University of London.
Published by EH.NET, August 2001.

Karen Offen, European Feminisms, 1700-1950: A Political History. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2000. xviii + 554 pp. Chronology, notes, bibliography, and index. $60.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-8047-3419-4; $19.95 (paper), ISBN 0-8047-3420-8.

Reviewed for H-IDEAS by Douglas J. Cremer, Department of Natural and Social Sciences, Woodbury University.
Published by H-IDEAS, May 2001.

A Political Rejoinder to Postmodern Gender History

Wages and Currency: Global and Historical Comparisons
Call for papers for the symposium in Amsterdam and Leiden, 23-24 May 2002

Convenors: International Institute of Social History (IISH), Amsterdam and the National Collection of Coins and Medals (KPK:Koninklijk Penningkabinet), Leiden (in cooperation with ALabour 1500-2000)

Money in the form of coins can be used for many purposes. The literature tends to concentrate on their use in trade. But there are good reasons to assume that coins have been essential for wage payments for thousands of years.