LibGuides: COM 400: Communication and Labor: Finding Books

Featured Books

Farmers' and Farm Workers' Movements by Patrick H. Mooney; Theo J. Majka
Call Number: HD6515.A29 M66 1995
ISBN: 9780805738698
Publication Date: 1995
Rethinking Work by Reference Shelf; H. W. Wilson
Call Number: HD8066 .R48 2016
ISBN: 9781682170663
Publication Date: 2016
Strike! by Jeremy Brecher
Call Number: HD5324 .B7 2014
ISBN: 9781604864281
Publication Date: 2014
The Encyclopedia of Strikes in American History by Aaron Brenner (Editor); Benjamin Day (Editor); Immanuel Ness (Editor)
Call Number: E-book
ISBN: 9780765613301
Publication Date: 2009
The Sex of Class: women transforming American labor by Dorothy Sue Cobble (Editor)
Call Number: HD6079.2.U5 S49 2007
ISBN: 9780801443220
Publication Date: 2007
Labor Relations by Millie Allen Beik
Call Number: HD5324 .B39 2005
ISBN: 9780313318641
Publication Date: 2005
Encyclopedia of American Social Movements by Immanuel Ness (Editor)
Call Number: DS119.7 .E5653 2008 v.1-3 (Reference, 1st floor)
ISBN: 0765680459
Publication Date: 2004
Labor's Story in the United States by Philip Yale Nicholson
Call Number: HD8066 .N53 2004
ISBN: 1592130208
Publication Date: 2004
From the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend by Priscilla Murolo; A. B. Chitty; Joe Sacco (Illustrator)
Call Number: HD8066 .M86 2001 (also available via ebook)
ISBN: 1565844440
Publication Date: 2018
Gentle Rebel: Letters of Eugene V. Debs by Eugene Debs; J. Robert Constantine
Call Number: HX84.D3 A4 1995
ISBN: 0252020189
Publication Date: 1995
The Speeches and Writings of Mother Jones by Edward M. Steel (Editor)
Call Number: HD8072 .J7832 1988
ISBN: 9780822935759
Publication Date: 1988

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Keywords to try (mix and match to get different results):

labor movement
labor unions
social movements
strikes
walkout
protest
lockouts
social change
working conditions
labor relations
women in the labor movement
labor leaders
Eugene Debs
Cesar Chavez
Mother Jones
Lucy Randolph Mason
Frances Perkins
Dolores Huerta
Howard Zinn

employment
industrial relations
human resources
labor management
work environment
corporate culture
job satisfaction
skilled labor
unskilled labor
white collar workers
blue collar workers

Useful Websites

Organized Labor Since the 19th Century: A Research Guide
This guide from the Library of Congress offers resources on the history of organized labor and labor unions in the United States.
American Labor Studies Center
A nonprofit organization that seeks to create, collect and disseminate labor history and labor studies curriculum materials and resources to teachers nationwide.
Labor History Links
A comprehensive bibliography of information, documents and links of U.S. labor history sites developed by the Labor and Working Class History Association.
ET.net: Encyclopedia of Economic & Business History
Published by the Economic History Association, meant to provide students with high quality reference articles written by experts, screened by a group of authorities, and carefully edited.
Internet Archive
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