''Labor History'' is a peer-reviewed

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which publishes articles regarding the history of the labor movement in the

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, and other regions and countries.

Publication history

The journal was established in 1953 as the ''Labor Historian's Bulletin'' (), and later incorporated ''Newsletter'' (). In 1960, the journal changed its name to ''Labor History'' and was being published by the

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, later to be published by CarFax, a subsidiary of Taylor & Francis. In 2003 the journal was sold to

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. Following conflicts with the new publisher over editorial independence,

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Leon Fink, the entire editorial board, and much of the editorial staff left to establish a rival journal, '' Labor: Studies in Working-Class History''. The journal is currently published by

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, an imprint of Taylor and Francis. The current editor is Craig Phelan of Solidarity Center (Abuja, Nigeria), US editor Gerald Friedman of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and book review editor John Trumpbour of Harvard University. Since 2013, the journal is being published 5 times a year.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and/or indexed in Alternative Press Index, America: History and Life,

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, SocINDEX, and Web of Science.

Editors

In 1974,

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became editor and served the journal for more than two decades.

Awards

Each year, ''Labor History'' awards a number of writing prizes. Honors are given to the best essay on an

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topic, best essay on a non-American or comparative topic, best essay written by a scholar within five years of completion of their

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, best labor-themed dissertation, and best book on labor.

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.tandfonline.com/clah Labour journals History journals Publications established in 1953 Taylor & Francis academic journals English-language journals Quarterly journals