In the early decades of the twentieth century, tens of thousands of African Americans arrived
at Detroit's Michigan Central Station, part of the Great Migration of blacks who left the South …

" The history of African American women has become an important topic in the intellectual
life of this country in the last fifteen years; and Darlene Clark Hine has been one of those …

This fascinating new study examines the experiences of women involved in the socialist
movement during its formative years in Britain and the active role they played in …

At the turn of the century, Colorado's Cripple Creek District captured the national imagination
with the extraordinary wealth of its gold mines and the unquestionable strength of the …

Because consumption and consumerism are still viewed as" feminine" by American
sociology and women's history, this paper re-examines the degree to which pre-Depression …

The reconstruction of Canadian society in the wake of the Second World War had an
enormous impact on all aspects of public and private life. For families in Montreal …

A RUSA 2007 Outstanding Reference Title The Encyclopedia of US Labor and Working-
Class History provides sweeping coverage of US labor history. Containing over 650 entries …

The history of women's political involvement has focused heavily on electoral politics, but
throughout the twentieth century women engaged in grassroots activism when they found it …

Just as Susan Porter Benson's first book, Counter Cultures, changed the way historians
looked at the work-culture of consumerism, so her last book, Household Accounts, will …

In the very early stages of my dissertation research, co-operative members, like Melanie
Conn, Cathy Laing, Grant MacDonald, Anthony Scoggins, Ian MacPherson, and Syd …