"Shackel provides a compelling account of how an archaeology of working-class life can correct and enrich historical knowledge and improve public understanding

Life and Labor brings together the most stimulating scholarship in the field of labor history today. Its fifteen essays explore the impact of industrialization

“His aim is to make the history of labor in the U.S. more accessible to students and the general reader. He succeeds” (Booklist). In a blend of economic, so

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