Orlando Figes and Boris Kolonitskii, Interpreting the Russian Revolution: The Language and Symbols of 1917. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999. 198 pp. Illustrations, notes, and index. $24.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-300-08106-5.

Reviewed by Robert Argenbright, Earth Sciences Department, University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
Published by H-Russia (June, 2000).

Meanings of the Revolution

According to its latest Bulletin (no 23, 2000) the Centre de Recherches d'Histoire des Mouvements sociaux et du Syndicalisme (CRHMSS), a research centre at the University of Paris-1, is going to change its name to Centre d'Histoire sociale du XXe Siècle. More change is expected as the CNRS, the French organization for advanced research, is renewing its various programs.

The Bulletin also contains a list of the CRHMSS's recent publications:

Herbert Applebaum, The American Work Ethic and the Changing Work Force: An Historical Perspective. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1998. xvii + 228 pp. Bibliographical References, Index. $59.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-313-30677-x.

Reviewed by John Enyeart, University of Colorado at Boulder.
Published by H-PCAACA (May, 2000).

Jan van Bremen and Akitoshi Shimizu, eds, Anthropology and Colonialism in Asia and Oceania. Grant Evans, general editor. Anthropology of Asia Series. Richmond Surrey, U.K: Curzon Press, 1999. xi, 409 pages. $55.00 (cloth), ISBN 0700706046.

Reviewed by Paul Barclay, Department of History, Lafayette College.
Published by H-Asia (May, 2000).

Diaspora Paradigms: New Scholarship in Comparative Black History
Call for Papers

John Biggart, Georgii Glovelli, and Avraham Yassour, Bogdanov and His Work: A Guide to the Published and Unpublished Works of Alexander A. Bogdanov (Malinovsky) 1873-1928. Aldershot,England and Brookfield, Vermont: Ashgate, 1998. vii + 495 pp. Notes and appendices. $85.95 (cloth), ISBN 1-85972-623-2.

The Cuban Workers Confederation (CTC) and the Instituto de Historia de Cuba are pleased to invite researchers, scholars, journalists, trade unionists, information specialists, institutions, and organizations to participate in the Fourth International Scholarly Conference on May Day, to be held in La Habana, on April 25, 26 and 27, 2001.

The purpose of the conference will be to provide analyses and debates on workers' roles, their past and challenges at present in this early century, full of enormous challenges and difficulties to overcome.

Lynn Hollen Lees, The Solidarities of Strangers: The English Poor Laws and the People, 1700-1948. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. xii + 373 pp. $64.95 (cloth), ISBN: 0-521-57261-4.

Reviewed for EH.NET by George R. Boyer Department of Labor Economics, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University.
Published by EH.Net, May 2000.

The North West Labour History Journal (England) would like to appeal for contributions to two forthcoming issues. We hope to do special issues on the 1960s (to appear in 2001) and the 1970s (to appear in 2002). We would like to have contributions from researchers and also from those active in the radical and labour movements of those years. Surveys of these decades have largely focused on national movements (ie London) and we in the north west think it is high time that we redressed the balance.

Jamie L. Bronstein, Land Reform and Working Class Experience in Britain and the United States 1800-1862. Palo Alto: Stanford University Press, 1999. x + 372 pp. Index. $55.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-8047-3451-8.

Reviewed by Howard B. Rock, Florida International University.
Published by H-SHEAR (April, 2000).