Each year the New York Labor History Association awards the Barbara Wertheimer Prize for the best research paper in labor history written by an undergraduate during the previous academic year. The winners of the 2006 prize are: Kevin C. Brown, "Defining 'Amicable Relations:' Class Formation, Conflict, and Political Economy in 1870s Pittsburgh," and Michael Murphy, "Anthrax Strike: The 1976 Outbreak of Labor Militancy in the Panama Canal Zone." Kevin's essay was his honors thesis at Bucknell University written under the direction of Professor John Enyeart.

Vol. 43/1, issued on November 15th, 2006.

Inhalt / Content

Stefan Paul Werum: Gewerkschaftlicher Niedergang im sozialistischen Aufbau. Der Freie Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund (FDGB) 1945 bis 1953 (= Schriften des Hannah-Arendt-Instituts für Totalitarismusforschung 26). Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2005. ISBN 3-525-36902-6; 861 S.; EUR 49,90.

Vrouwendag, 11 november 2006
Jo Boute, een leven in dienst van de vrouw aan 5 euro i.p.v. 10 euro
klik snel door naar: [url]http://www.amsab.be/am2/nieu/1jaargnr5.htm[/url]

Verder ook nog in de Nieuwsbrief van Amsab-Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis:

Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Foundation - Newsletter 8 November 2006

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Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Foundation

Thursday, 16 November at 5:30 p.m. in Via Romagnosi, 3 - 20121 Milano

Join us for the presentation of Antonio Negri's new book, Goodbye Mr. Socialism, just published by Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Editore.

Christian Marazzi and Raf Valvola Scelsi will discuss the book along with its author.

The Isaac & Tamara Deutscher Memorial Lecture 2006

"Can We Write the History of the Russian Revolution? A Belated Response to Eric Hobsbawm"

will be given by Kevin Murphy 6.30pm, Friday 8 December 2006
Lecture Theatre B01,
Clore Management Centre
Birkbeck College
Torrington Square,
London

Admission Free

Kevin Murphy was awarded the 2005 Deutscher Prize for: Revolution and Counterrevolution, Class Struggle in a Moscow Metal Factory, published by Berghahn Books

Rebecca Heinemann. Familie zwischen Tradition und Emanzipation: Katholische und sozialdemokratische Familienkonzeptionen in der Weimarer Republik. Schriftenreihe der Stiftung Reichspräsident-Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung-Gedenkstätte. München: R. Oldenbourg Verlag, 2004. 349 pp. List of abbreviations, bibliography, index of names. EUR 34.80 (cloth), ISBN 3-486-56828-0.

Paul H. Kratoska, ed. Asian Labor in the Wartime Japanese History: Unknown Histories. Armonk: M.E. Sharpe, 2005. xviii + 433 pp. Illustrations, notes, index. No price listed (paper), ISBN 0-7656-1263-1.

Reviewed by: Bill Sewell, Department of History, Saint Mary's University.Published by: H-US-Japan (October, 2006)

Perhaps Unwritten, But Not Unknown

Kozlov, Vladimir; Mironenko, Sergei: History of Stalin's Gulag. Late 1920s - Early 1950s. Soviet Repressive-Penal Policy and Penal System in the Holdings of the State Archives of the Russian Federation. Annotated Guide to the Files (= Istorija Stalinskowo Gulaga tom 7). Moskau: Rosspen 2005. ISBN 5-8243-0604-4; geb.; 711 S..

Rezensiert für H-Soz-u-Kult von:
Freddy Litten
E-Mail: [mailto]f@litten.de[/mailto]

La BDIC vient de faire paraître cet automne plusieurs numéros de la revue Matériaux pour l'histoire de notre temps :

- N°83 - Budapest 1956 au prisme des nouvelles sources - Prix : 12 €
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