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Maurice Sugar

Law, Labor, and the Left in Detroit, 1912-1950

by Christopher H. Johnson

Price: $22.99

ISBN: 9780814344835

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: February 2018

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

336 Pages

Maurice Sugar represents a force in American life that bears recalling in these barren years of plant closings.

The Practical Utopians

American Workers and the Cooperative Movement in the Gilded Age

by Steve Leikin

Price: $49.99

ISBN: 9780814331286

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: January 2005

Format: Hardcover

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

256 Pages

Dealing with a critically important yet largely ignored aspect of working-class life during the late nineteenth century, The Practical Utopians brings crucial aspects of the cooperative movement to light and is a necessary study for all scholars of history, labor history, and political science.

A Wobbly Life

Iww Organizer E. F. Doree

by Ellen Doree Rosen

Introduction by Melvyn Dubofsky

Price: $24.99

ISBN: 9780814332030

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: July 2004

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

288 Pages

This book is a tangible and touching story about a man whose life deserves reflection and remembrance.

"My World Is Gone"

Memories of Life in a Southern Cotton Mill Town

by George Suggs

Price: $44.99

ISBN: 9780814330357

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: May 2002

Format: Hardcover

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

192 Pages

Theworkers of Bladenboro are gone, and little remains of the mills, but this work pays tribute to lives well lived under the most challenging circumstances.

Which Direction for Organized Labor?

Essays on Organizing, Outreach, and Internal Transformations

Edited by Bruce Nissen

Price: $32.99

ISBN: 9780814327791

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: December 1998

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

264 Pages

It analyzes the overall state of organized labor and examines the direction it should take in rebuilding its strength and influence.

Confronting Change

Auto Labor and Lean Production in North America

Edited by Huberto Juarez Nunez and Steve Babson

Price: $24.95

ISBN: 9789688632987

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: September 1998

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

450 Pages

The case studies and analyses show the wide range of potential outcomes as workers struggle to become actors, rather than victims, in the emerging North American auto industry.

Labor History Archives in the United States

A Guide for Researching and Teaching

Edited by Daniel J. Leab and Philip P. Mason

Price: $24.99

ISBN: 9780814323892

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: June 1992

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

288 Pages

In view of the fact that labor history has become, over the past generation, one of the more active and seminal fields of American historical studies, with major institutions and many smaller ones throughout the country now represented, this volume will serve as a basic but detailed guide to the major record holdings.