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)

Beatrix Bouvier. Die DDR--ein Sozialstaat? Sozialpolitik in der Ära Honecker. Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Sozialgeschichte. Bonn: Verlag J .H. W. Dietz, 2002. 360 pp. Appendix, abbreviations, bibliography. EUR 27.80 (cloth), ISBN 3-8012-4129-7.

Reviewed by: Mark Pittaway, Department of History, Open University.
Published by: H-German (January, 2006)

Peter Alheit and Hanna Haack. Die vergessene "Autonomie" der Arbeiter: Eine Studie zum frühen Scheitern der DDR am Beispiel der Neptunwerft. Berlin: Karl Dietz, 2004. 472 pp. Bibliography. EUR 19.90 (cloth), ISBN 3-320-02051-X.

Reviewed by: Thilo Schimmel, Department of History, University of Illinois.
Published by: H-German (January, 2006)

Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli
Cortona Colloquium 2006
Cultural Conflicts, Social Movements and New Rights: A European Challenge
20-22 October 2006, Cortona, Italy

Thomas Dublin and Walter Licht, The Face of Decline: The Pennsylvania Anthracite Region in the Twentieth Century. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2005. viii + 277 pp. $65 (cloth), ISBN: 0-8014-3469-6; $25 (paperback), ISBN: 0-8014-8473-1.

Reviewed for EH.NET by William Boal, College of Business and Public Administration, Drake University (April 2006)

May is Labor History Month, and since the Haymarket Riot in Chicago in 1886, May 1 has held a special significance for the American Labor movement.

To assist those archives with labor history collections celebrate the month, and promote their programs, we have developed a package of press releases and promotion ideas. We have also provided a list of events at a number of labor archives around the nation. This material can be found at [url]http://www.archivists.org/saagroups/labor/Index.asp[/url].