Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

Hutchison, Elizabeth Quay, Workers Like All the Rest of Them: Domestic Service and the Rights of Labor in Twentieth-Century Chile. 228 pp. 2022:4 (Duke U. Pr., US) <672-871>
ISBN 978-1-4780-1395-2 hard ¥22,427.- (税込) US$ 99.95 *
ISBN 978-1-4780-1489-8 paper ¥5,822.- (税込) US$ 25.95 *

In Workers Like All the Rest of Them, Elizabeth Quay Hutchison recounts the long struggle for domestic workers' recognition and rights in Chile across the twentieth century. Hutchison traces the legal and social history of domestic workers and their rights, outlining their transition from slavery to servitude. For most of the twentieth century, domestic service remained one of the key "underdeveloped" sectors in Chile's modernizing economy. Hutchison argues that the predominance of women in that underpaid, underregulated labor sector provides one key to persistent gender and class inequality. Through archival research, firsthand accounts, and interviews with veteran activists, Hutchison challenges domestic workers' exclusion from Chilean history and reveals how and under what conditions they mobilized for change, forging alliances with everyone from Catholic Church leaders and legislators to feminists and political party leaders. Hutchison contributes to a growing global conversation among activists and scholars about domestic workers' rights, providing a lens for understanding how the changing structure of domestic work and worker activism has both perpetuated and challenged forms of ethnic, gender, and social inequality.

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van der Linden, Marcel (ed.), The Cambridge History of Socialism. Volume 1. 685 pp. 2022:8 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <672-582>
ISBN 978-1-108-48134-2 hard ¥34,584.- (税込) GB￡ 120.00 *

This volume describes the various movements and thinkers who wanted social change without state intervention. It covers cases in Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia. The first part discusses early egalitarian experiments and ideologies in Asia, Europe and the Islamic world, and then moves to early socialist thinkers in Britain, France, and Germany. The second part deals with the rise of the two main currents in socialist movements after 1848: anarchism in its multiple varieties, and Marxism. It also pays attention to organisational forms, including the International Working Men's Association (later called the First International); and it then follows the further development of anarchism and its 'proletarian' sibling, revolutionary syndicalism - its rise and decline from the 1870s until the 1940s on different continents. The volume concludes with critical essays on anarchist transnationalism and the recent revival of anarchism and syndicalism in several parts of the world.

社会主義の歴史　第2巻
van der Linden, Marcel (ed.), The Cambridge History of Socialism. Volume 2. 685 pp. 2022:8 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <672-583>
ISBN 978-1-108-48135-9 hard ¥34,584.- (税込) GB￡ 120.00 *

This volume describes the various movements and parties, across all six continents, that wanted social change through state transformation. It begins with a reconstruction of social democracy's trajectories from the 1870s until the present. The evolution of socialism on different continents is illustrated through a number of national case studies. Experiments at a subnational level (for example, municipal socialism) are also explored, as are the varying experiences of international umbrella organizations. The next part focuses on divergent socialist experiments and ideologies in several parts of the world, including South Asia, Africa, the Arab world, Brazil, Venezuela, and Israel/Palestine, followed by an overview of 'independent' socialist movements, including left-socialist parties of the 1930s and the post-war period, and the global New Left since its beginnings in the 1950s. The volume concludes with critical essays on socialism's long-term and global development.

Maxwell-Stewart, Hamish / Quinlan, Michael, Unfree Workers: Insubordination and Resistance in Convict Australia, 1788-1860. (Palgrave Studies in Economic History) 349 pp. 2022:1 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <672-359>
ISBN 978-981-16-7557-7 hard ¥26,737.- (税込) EUR 109.99

This book examines how convicts played a key role in the development of capitalism in Australia and how their active resistance shaped both workplace relations and institutions. It highlights the contribution of convicts to worker mobilization and political descent, forcing a rethink of Australia's foundational story. It is a book that will appeal to an international audience, as well as the many hundreds of thousands of Australians who can trace descent from convicts. It will enable the latter to make sense of the experience of their ancestors, equipping them with the necessary tools to understand convict and court records. It will also provide a valuable undergraduate and postgraduate teaching tool and reference for those studying unfree labour and worker history, social history, colonization and global migration in a digital age.

Alter, Thomas, II, Toward a Cooperative Commonwealth: The Transplanted Roots of Farmer-Labor Radicalism in Texas. (The Working Class in American History) 304 pp. 2022:4 (U. Illinois Pr., US) <672-1376>
ISBN 978-0-252-04428-1 hard ¥28,050.- (税込) US$ 125.00 *
ISBN 978-0-252-08636-6 paper ¥6,283.- (税込) US$ 28.00 *

Agrarian radicalism's challenge to capitalism played a central role in working-class ideology while making third parties and protest movements a potent force in politics. Thomas Alter II follows three generations of German immigrants in Texas to examine the evolution of agrarian radicalism and the American and transnational ideas that influenced it. Otto Meitzen left Prussia for Texas in the wake of the failed 1848 Revolution. His son and grandson took part in decades-long activism with organizations from the Greenback Labor Party and the Grange to the Populist movement and Texas Socialist Party. As Alter tells their stories, he analyzes the southern wing of the era's farmer-labor bloc and the parallel history of African American political struggle in Texas. Alliances with Mexican revolutionaries, Irish militants, and others shaped an international legacy of working-class radicalism that moved U.S. politics to the left. That legacy, in turn, pushed forward economic reform during the Progressive and New Deal eras. A rare look at the German roots of radicalism in Texas, Toward a Cooperative Commonwealth illuminates the labor movements and populist ideas that changed the nation's course at a pivotal time in its history.

Castillo, Thomas A., Working in the Magic City: Moral Economy in Early Twentieth-Century Miami. (The Working Class in American History) 296 pp. 2022:6 (U. Illinois Pr., US) <672-1377>
ISBN 978-0-252-04445-8 hard ¥24,684.- (税込) US$ 110.00 *
ISBN 978-0-252-08653-3 paper ¥6,283.- (税込) US$ 28.00 *

In the early twentieth century, Miami cultivated an image of itself as a destination for leisure and sunshine free from labor strife. Thomas A. Castillo unpacks this idea of class harmony and the language that articulated its presence by delving into the conflicts, repression, and progressive grassroots politics of the time. Castillo pays particular attention to how class and race relations reflected and reinforced the nature of power in Miami. Class harmony argued against the existence of labor conflict, but in reality obscured how workers struggled within the city's service-oriented seasonal economy. Castillo shows how and why such an ideal thrived in Miami's atmosphere of growth and boosterism and amidst the political economy of tourism. His analysis also presents class harmony as a theoretical framework that broadens our definitions of class conflict and class consciousness.

Forrant, Robert / Trasciatti, Mary Anne (eds.), Where Are the Workers?: Labor's Stories at Museums and Historic Sites. (The Working Class in American History) 248 pp. 2022:6 (U. Illinois Pr., US) <672-1378>
ISBN 978-0-252-04439-7 hard ¥24,684.- (税込) US$ 110.00 *
ISBN 978-0-252-08646-5 paper ¥6,283.- (税込) US$ 28.00 *

The labor movement in the United States is a bulwark of democracy and a driving force for social and economic equality. Yet its stories remain largely unknown to Americans. Robert Forrant and Mary Anne Trasciatti edit a collection of essays focused on nationwide efforts to propel the history of labor and working people into mainstream narratives of US history. In Part One, the contributors concentrate on ways to collect and interpret worker-oriented history for public consumption. Part Two moves from National Park sites to murals to examine the writing and visual representation of labor history. Together, the essayists explore how place-based labor history initiatives promote understanding of past struggles, create awareness of present challenges, and support efforts to build power, expand democracy, and achieve justice for working people. A wide-ranging blueprint for change, Where Are the Workers? shows how working-class perspectives can expand our historical memory and inform and inspire contemporary activism.Contributors: Jim Beauchesne, Rebekah Bryer, Rebecca Bush, Conor Casey, Rachel Donaldson, Kathleen Flynn, Elijah Gaddis, Susan Grabski, Amanda Kay Gustin, Karen Lane, Rob Linne, Erik Loomis, Tom MacMillan, Lou Martin, Scott McLaughlin, Kristin O'Brassill-Kulfan, Karen Sieber, and Katrina Windon

Hall, Greg, Writing Labor's Emancipation: The Anarchist Life and Times of Jay Fox. (A Samuel and Althea Stroum Book) 288 pp. 2022:8 (U. Washington Pr., US) <672-1379>
ISBN 978-0-295-75057-6 hard ¥23,562.- (税込) US$ 105.00 *
ISBN 978-0-295-75058-3 paper ¥6,732.- (税込) US$ 30.00 *

Jay Fox (1870-1961) was a journalist, intellectual, and labor militant whose influence rippled across the country. In Writing Labor's Emancipation, historian Greg Hall traces Fox's unorthodox life to highlight the shifting dynamics in US labor radicalism from the late nineteenth to the early twentieth century.Radicalized as a teenager after witnessing the Haymarket tragedy, Fox embarked on a lifetime of union organizing, building anarchist communities (including Home, Washington), and writing. Thanks to his sharp wit, he became an influential voice, often in dialogue with fellow anarchists such as Emma Goldman and Lucy Parsons.Hall both explores Fox's life and shines a light on the utopians, revolutionaries, and union men and women with whom Fox associated and debated. Hall's research provides valuable knowledge of the lived experiences of working-class Americans and reveals alternative visions for activism and social change.

Hazelton, Andrew J., Labor's Outcasts: Migrant Farmworkers and Unions in North America, 1934-1966. (The Working Class in American History) 256 pp. 2022:9 (U. Illinois Pr., US) <672-1380>
ISBN 978-0-252-04463-2 hard ¥24,684.- (税込) US$ 110.00 *
ISBN 978-0-252-08670-0 paper ¥6,283.- (税込) US$ 28.00 *

In the mid-twentieth century, corporations consolidated control over agriculture on the backs of Mexican migrant laborers through a guestworker system called the Bracero Program. The National Agricultural Workers Union (NAWU) attempted to organize these workers but met with utter indifference from the AFL-CIO. Andrew J. Hazelton examines the NAWU's opposition to the Bracero Program against the backdrop of Mexican migration and the transformation of North American agriculture. His analysis details growers' abuse of the program to undercut organizing efforts, the NAWU's subsequent mobilization of reformers concerned by those abuses, and grower opposition to any restrictions on worker control. Though the union's organizing efforts failed, it nonetheless created effective strategies for pressuring growers and defending workers' rights. These strategies contributed to the abandonment of the Bracero Program in 1964 and set the stage for victories by the United Farm Workers and other movements in the years to come.

Kellershohn, Jan, Die Politik der Anpassung: Arbeitswelt und Berufsbildung im Ruhrgebiet 1950-1980. (Industrielle Welt 101) 475 S. 2021:11 (Boehlau, GW) <672-1382>
ISBN 978-3-412-52249-0 hard ¥15,801.- (税込) EUR 65.00 *

Wie laesst sich der Wandel der Arbeit bewaeltigen? Die Antwort in den Debatten um den Strukturwandel in den 1960er Jahren lautete: mit Berufsbildung und Umschulung. Jan Kellershohn erzaehlt in seiner Studie eine neue Geschichte dieses bis heute attraktiven Versprechens. Anders als haeufig angenommen erweist sie sich weniger als Siegeszug des Humankapitals und der Selbstoptimierung. Am Beispiel der Ausbildung und Umschulung im Ruhrgebiet und im Nord-Pas-de-Calais laesst sich eine bislang ignorierte Problematisierung herausarbeiten, die jedoch den Kern der Strukturwandeldebatten bildete: Sind Arbeiter bildungsfaehig? Strukturwandel, das zeigt die Untersuchung, ist kein Prozess. Strukturwandel ist ein epistemischer Apparat, der die Kategorien zur Bestimmung seiner Verlierer erst schuf. Die Sozialfiguren des ?lernbehinderten Auszubildenden" und des ?aelteren Arbeitnehmers" offenbaren, dass es sich bei der Selbstoptimierung nicht um eine Oekonomisierungsgeschichte steigender Anforderungen, sondern um eine Differenzgeschichte fortschreitender Ausschluesse handelt.

Schwartz, Harvey, Labor under Siege: Big Bob McEllrath and the ILWU's Fight for Organized Labor in an Anti-Union Era. 296 pp. 2022:7 (U. Washington Pr., US) <672-1385>
ISBN 978-0-295-75032-3 hard ¥23,562.- (税込) US$ 105.00 *
ISBN 978-0-295-75033-0 paper ¥6,732.- (税込) US$ 30.00 *

Big Bob-six-feet-four Robert McEllrath's waterfront handle-was heralded for his powerful speaking style, charisma, unifying vision, and negotiating prowess. President of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) for twelve eventful years, McEllrath retired in 2018 after nearly forty years as a union officer. More than just a telling of a storied career, Labor under Siege explores how the influential union persisted in an era when the US labor movement was under attack and seemingly in retreat.In the face of grave dangers since the 1980s, including threats from corporations, government authorities, law enforcement agents, and even other labor unions, the ILWU has persevered and retained its vibrancy. Offering insight into Big Bob's leadership and a close-up view of how decision-making and policy were carried out to ensure the union's survival, Labor under Siege shows how union officers and rank-and-file members shaped ILWU strategy and furthered the union's legacy of advocating for workers' rights, democracy, and justice.

Wadauer, Sigrid, Der Arbeit nachgehen?: Auseinandersetzungen um Lebensunterhalt und Mobilitaet (Oesterreich 1880-1938). (Industrielle Welt 99) 432 S. 2021:8 (Boehlau, GW) <672-1388>
ISBN 978-3-412-50571-4 hard ¥14,586.- (税込) EUR 60.00 *

Die Studie untersucht, wie in der Habsburgermonarchie bzw. Oesterreich von 1880-1938 neue Vorstellungen und Hierarchien von Arbeit erzeugt, verhandelt und durchgesetzt wurden. Statt einen bestimmten Begriff von Arbeit zu postulieren, werden Auseinandersetzungen ueber Arbeit und Lebensunterhalt zum Gegenstand gemacht. Ausgangspunkt sind umstrittene Praktiken und Erwerbstaetigkeiten, die bisher kaum systematisch in die Geschichte von Arbeit integriert wurden, die meist wenig eintraeglich und unsicher, manchmal auch verboten waren sowie mit einem hohen Mass an Mobilitaet verbunden: vom Wanderhandel und -gewerbe, ueber das Umherziehen zur Arbeitssuche bis hin zum Betteln und Vagabundieren. Denn zur Geschichte von Arbeit gehoert auch all das, was im Laufe der Zeit als Nichtarbeit oder als nicht ?richtige" Arbeit verstanden wurde. Auf der Grundlage vielfaeltiger Quellen stellt die Autorin nicht nur behoerdliche Massnahmen und Praktiken dar, sie rekonstruiert systematisch Interaktionen und bezieht dabei auch wesentlich die Perspektiven jener mit ein, die sich auf solche umstrittene Weisen ihren Lebensunterhalt organisierten.

Paligutan, P. James, Lured by the American Dream: Filipino Servants in the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard, 1952-1970. (The Asian American Experience) 216 pp. 2022:9 (U. Illinois Pr., US) <672-1176>
ISBN 978-0-252-04459-5 hard ¥24,684.- (税込) US$ 110.00 *
ISBN 978-0-252-08667-0 paper ¥5,610.- (税込) US$ 25.00 *

Starting in 1952, the United States Navy and Coast Guard actively recruited Filipino men to serve as stewards--domestic servants for officers. Oral histories and detailed archival research inform P. James Paligutan's story of the critical role played by Filipino sailors in putting an end to race-based military policies. Constrained by systemic exploitation, Filipino stewards responded with direct complaints to flag officers and chaplains, rating transfer requests that flooded the bureaucracy, and refusals to work. Their actions had a decisive impact on seagoing military's elimination of the antiquated steward position. Paligutan looks at these Filipino sailors as agents of change while examining the military system through the lens of white supremacy, racist perceptions of Asian males, and the motives of Filipinos who joined the armed forces of the power that had colonized their nation. Insightful and dramatic, Lured by the American Dream is the untold story of how Filipino servicepersons overcame tradition and hierarchy in their quest for dignity.