Category Archives: Featured Titles
Recommended Reading List for the New SEIU President
As Mary Kay Henry begins her tenure as the President of the Service Employees International Union, we’d like to suggest the following ILR Press titles for information, guidance, and inspiration— A New New Deal: How Regional Activism Will Reshape the … Continue reading
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From Predators to Icons in the New Yorker
From Predators to Icons: Exposing the Myth of the Business Hero by Michel Villette and Catherine Vuillermot is prominently featured in Malcolm Gladwell’s article “The Sure Thing” in the January 18, 2010 issue of the New Yorker. An abstract is … Continue reading
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On the Irish Waterfront featured in the Wall Street Journal
Edward T. O’Donnell reviewed On the Irish Waterfront: The Crusader, the Movie, and the Soul of the Port of New York by James T. Fisher in the September 9, 2009 Wall Street Journal. Here’s an excerpt: “It may be hard … Continue reading
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Counter Culture in Publishers Weekly
Great review of Counter Culture: The American Coffee Shop Waitress by Candacy A. Taylor in September 7, 2009 online edition of Publishers Weekly: “Oral historian, photographer and former waitress Taylor turned her aching joints into the springboard for a mission: … Continue reading
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Condensed Capitalism on Truthout
On the Truthout blog, Condensed Capitalism: Campbell Soup and the Pursuit of Cheap Production in the Twentieth Century by Daniel Sidorick is reviewed by Seth Sandronsky, who points out the timeliness of this particular example of well-done labor history: “This … Continue reading
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James T. Fisher speaks about Karl Malden in the Irish Echo
In an article published before the news of Karl Malden’s death was known, Peter McDermott of the Irish Echo interviews James T. Fisher, author of On the Irish Waterfront: The Crusader, the Movie, and the Soul of the Port of … Continue reading
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Agitate! Educate! Organize! on PopMatters
On the PopMatters blog, Emily F. Popek reviews Agitate! Educate! Organize!: American Labor Posters by Lincoln Cushing and Timothy W. Drescher. She writes: “The core of this book is obviously the images it contains. Vivid, striking, colorful, arresting and at … Continue reading
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Counter Culture: Candacy Taylor blog and Q & A
Visit Candacy Taylor’s new blog for her book Counter Culture: The American Coffee Shop Waitress here. We recently conducted an interview with Candacy Taylor in which she provides insights about the world captured in her book: Q: Why career waitresses? … Continue reading
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My Word! in the Wall Street Journal
My Word! by Susan Blum is featured in the April 16, 2009 issue of the Wall Street Journal. A link to the article appears below, but here’s an excerpt: Like Margaret Mead among the Samoans, Ms. Blum views her subjects … Continue reading
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Oppenheimer
American Experience on PBS recently featured The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer, starring David Straithairn. If you saw it and your curiosity was piqued, you may wish to read In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer: The Security Clearance Hearing, … Continue reading
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