| Labor History | |
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| Former name(s) | The Labor Historian's Bulletin (1953-1960, ISSN 0456-9644); Newsletter (1967-1968) |
| Discipline | Labor Studies |
| Edited by | Craig Phelan |
| Publication details | |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Publication history | 1953 - present |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
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| ISSN | 0023-656x (print) 1469-9702 (web) |
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Labor History is an inter-disciplinary, peer reviewed journal which publishes articles regarding the history of the labor movement in the United States, Europe and other regions and countries.
The journal publishes articles by historians, industrial relations scholars, economists, political scientists, sociologists, social movement theorists, business management theorists, and others.
The target audience for the journal is academics, students, workers, and labor movement officials and activists.
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The journal was founded in 1953 as the Labor Historian's Bulletin (ISSN 0456-9644), and later incorporated Newsletter (OCLC 16812578).[1] In 1960, the journal had changed its name to Labor History and was being published by the Tamiment Institute, later to be published by CarFax, a subsidiary of Taylor & Francis[2]. In 2003 the journal was sold to Taylor and Francis, and following conflicts with the new publisher, the entire editorial board of Labor History left the journal to found a new journal, Labor: Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas.[2] The journal is currently being published by Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis.
The journal is abstracted and/or indexed in a number of scholarly bibliographic databases, including Alternative Press Index, America: History and Life, Historical Abstracts, Political Science Complete, SCOPUS, SocINDEX, and Web of Science.
Each year, Labor History awards a number of writing prizes. Honors are given to the best essay on an American topic, best essay on a non-American or comparative topic, best essay written by a scholar within five years of completion of their Ph.D., best labor-themed dissertation, and best book on labor.