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Alexander Tarasov
Alexander Nikolaevich Tarasov is a Soviet and Russian left-wing sociologist, politologist, culturologist, publicist, writer and philosopher.
Alexander Nikolaevich Tarasov is a Soviet and Russian left-wing sociologist, politologist, culturologist, publicist, writer and philosopher.
Alice Kessler-Harris
Alice Kessler-Harris is the R. Gordon Hoxie Professor of American History at Columbia University, in New York City.
Alice Kessler-Harris is the R. Gordon Hoxie Professor of American History at Columbia University, in New York City.
Arne Kokkvoll
Arne Kokkvoll (1925 – 19 September 1998) was a Norwegian historian, libRarian/archivist and politician for the Labour Party.
Arne Kokkvoll (1925 – 19 September 1998) was a Norwegian historian, libRarian/archivist and politician for the Labour Party.
Beatrice Webb
Martha Beatrice Webb, Lady Passfield was an English sociologist, economist, socialist and social reformer.
Martha Beatrice Webb, Lady Passfield was an English sociologist, economist, socialist and social reformer.
Boris Kagarlitsky
Boris Yulyevich Kagarlitsky is a Russian Marxist theoretician and sociologist who has been a political dissident in the Soviet Union and in post-Soviet Russia.
Boris Yulyevich Kagarlitsky is a Russian Marxist theoretician and sociologist who has been a political dissident in the Soviet Union and in post-Soviet Russia.
Boris Ponomarev
Boris Nikolayevich Ponomarev was a Soviet politician, ideologist and historian, and a member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Boris Nikolayevich Ponomarev was a Soviet politician, ideologist and historian, and a member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Brian Brivati
Brian Brivati is a professor of contemporary history at Kingston University and a writer.
Brian Brivati is a professor of contemporary history at Kingston University and a writer.
Brian Kelly (historian)
Brian Kelly is a US-born historian and a Reader in American History teaching at Queen's University Belfast in Northern Ireland.
Brian Kelly is a US-born historian and a Reader in American History teaching at Queen's University Belfast in Northern Ireland.
Bruce Nissen
Bruce Nissen is a professor of labor studies and director of research at the Center for Labor Research and Studies at Florida International University.
Bruce Nissen is a professor of labor studies and director of research at the Center for Labor Research and Studies at Florida International University.
Charles Morris (legal educator)
Charles J. Morris is professor of law emeritus at the Dedman School of Law at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.
Charles J. Morris is professor of law emeritus at the Dedman School of Law at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.
Craig Heron
Craig Heron is a Professor of History at York University.
Craig Heron is a Professor of History at York University.
David Brody
David Brody (born June 5, 1930) is a professor emeritus of history at the University of California-Davis.
David Brody (born June 5, 1930) is a professor emeritus of history at the University of California-Davis.
David J. Saposs
David Joseph Saposs (February 22, 1886 – November 13, 1968) was an American economist, historian, and civil servant.
David Joseph Saposs (February 22, 1886 – November 13, 1968) was an American economist, historian, and civil servant.
David Montgomery (historian)
David Montgomery was a Farnam Professor of History at Yale University.
David Montgomery was a Farnam Professor of History at Yale University.
David Roediger
David R. Roediger is a well-established professor of history at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
David R. Roediger is a well-established professor of history at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Dorothy Thompson (historian)
Dorothy Katharine Gane Thompson (née Towers) (30 October 1923 – 29 January 2011) was a social historian, a leading expert on the Chartist movement.
Dorothy Katharine Gane Thompson (née Towers) (30 October 1923 – 29 January 2011) was a social historian, a leading expert on the Chartist movement.
E. P. Thompson
Edward Palmer Thompson (3 February 1924 – 28 August 1993) was a British historian, writer, socialist and peace campaigner.
Edward Palmer Thompson (3 February 1924 – 28 August 1993) was a British historian, writer, socialist and peace campaigner.
Edwin E. Witte
Edwin E. Witte (January 4, 1887 - May 20, 1960) was an economist who focused on social insurance issues for the state of Wisconsin and for the Committee on Economic Security.
Edwin E. Witte (January 4, 1887 - May 20, 1960) was an economist who focused on social insurance issues for the state of Wisconsin and for the Committee on Economic Security.
Elaine Bernard
Elaine Bernard is the executive director of the Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School and a prominent member of the Democratic Socialists of America.
Elaine Bernard is the executive director of the Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School and a prominent member of the Democratic Socialists of America.
Ellen Dannin
Ellen Dannin is professor of law at the Dickinson School of Law at Penn State University, and an expert in the labor law of New Zealand and the United States.
Ellen Dannin is professor of law at the Dickinson School of Law at Penn State University, and an expert in the labor law of New Zealand and the United States.
Eric Hobsbawm
Eric John Ernest Hobsbawm, CH, FBA, FRSL is a British Marxist historian, public intellectual, and author.
Eric John Ernest Hobsbawm, CH, FBA, FRSL is a British Marxist historian, public intellectual, and author.
Gary Chaison
Gary N. Chaison (born October 21, 1943) is an industrial relations scholar and labor historian at Clark University.
Gary N. Chaison (born October 21, 1943) is an industrial relations scholar and labor historian at Clark University.
George Hilton (historian)
George Woodman Hilton, born 1925, is a United States historian and economist, who specializes in social history, transportation economics, regulation by commission, the history of economic thoug...
George Woodman Hilton, born 1925, is a United States historian and economist, who specializes in social history, transportation economics, regulation by commission, the history of economic thoug...
Gerald Horne
Dr. Gerald Horne is an African American historian, author, and Communist who currently holds the John J. and Rebecca Moores Chair of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston.
Dr. Gerald Horne is an African American historian, author, and Communist who currently holds the John J. and Rebecca Moores Chair of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston.
Gregg Andrews
Gregg Andrews (born 1950) is a professor of history and labor historian at Texas State University.
Gregg Andrews (born 1950) is a professor of history and labor historian at Texas State University.
Henry Kraus
Henry Kraus (1906 Knoxville, Tennessee - January 27, 1995 Paris) was a labor historian, and European art historian.
Henry Kraus (1906 Knoxville, Tennessee - January 27, 1995 Paris) was a labor historian, and European art historian.
Herbert Gutman
Herbert Gutman (1928 – July 21, 1985) was an American professor of history at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, where he wrote on slavery and labor history.
Herbert Gutman (1928 – July 21, 1985) was an American professor of history at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, where he wrote on slavery and labor history.
Irving Abella
Irving Martin Abella, (born July 2, 1940) is a Canadian writer, historian and academic.
Irving Martin Abella, (born July 2, 1940) is a Canadian writer, historian and academic.
Irving Bernstein
Irving Bernstein was an American professor of political science at the University of California, Los Angeles and a noted labor historian.
Irving Bernstein was an American professor of political science at the University of California, Los Angeles and a noted labor historian.
J. Bernard Hogg
J. Bernard Hogg (1908–1994) was an American labor historian.
J. Bernard Hogg (1908–1994) was an American labor historian.
Jack D. Foner
Jack Donald Foner (December 14, 1910 - December 10, 1999) was an American historian best known for writing histories of the labor movement and the struggle for civil rights.
Jack Donald Foner (December 14, 1910 - December 10, 1999) was an American historian best known for writing histories of the labor movement and the struggle for civil rights.
James A. Gross
James A. Gross (born 1934) is an American educator and historian who teaches United States labor law and labor history at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations.
James A. Gross (born 1934) is an American educator and historian who teaches United States labor law and labor history at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations.
James Green (educator)
James Green is a professor of history and labor studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
James Green is a professor of history and labor studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
Jean Maitron
Jean Maitron (December 10, 1917 - November 16, 1987) was a French historian specialist of the labour movement.
Jean Maitron (December 10, 1917 - November 16, 1987) was a French historian specialist of the labour movement.
John A. Fitch
John Andrews Fitch (1881–1959) was an American writer, teacher, and pioneering social investigator of the Progressive Era.
John Andrews Fitch (1881–1959) was an American writer, teacher, and pioneering social investigator of the Progressive Era.
John R. Commons
John Rogers Commons ( – ) was an American institutional economist and labor historian at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
John Rogers Commons ( – ) was an American institutional economist and labor historian at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Joseph McCartin
Joseph A. McCartin (May 12, 1959) is a professor of history at Georgetown University whose research focuses on labor unions in the United States.
Joseph A. McCartin (May 12, 1959) is a professor of history at Georgetown University whose research focuses on labor unions in the United States.
Joseph Rayback
Joseph G. Rayback (died 1983) was a professor of history in the United States.
Joseph G. Rayback (died 1983) was a professor of history in the United States.
Joshua Freeman
Joshua B. Freeman (born 1949) is a professor of history at Queens College, City University of New York (CUNY) and the CUNY Graduate Center.
Joshua B. Freeman (born 1949) is a professor of history at Queens College, City University of New York (CUNY) and the CUNY Graduate Center.
Julius Getman
Julius Getman is a professor law at the University of Texas School of Law, and a noted labor and employment law scholar and labor historian.
Julius Getman is a professor law at the University of Texas School of Law, and a noted labor and employment law scholar and labor historian.
Kate Bronfenbrenner
Kate Bronfenbrenner (March 23, 1954) is the Director of Labor Education Research at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations.
Kate Bronfenbrenner (March 23, 1954) is the Director of Labor Education Research at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations.
Kevin Boyle
Kevin Boyle (7 October 1960) is an author and professor of history at the Ohio State University.
Kevin Boyle (7 October 1960) is an author and professor of history at the Ohio State University.
Kevin Boyle (historian)
Kevin Boyle is an author and professor of history at The Ohio State University.
Kevin Boyle is an author and professor of history at The Ohio State University.
Kim Voss
Kim Voss is a professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley whose main field of research is social movements and the American labor movement.
Kim Voss is a professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley whose main field of research is social movements and the American labor movement.
Labor history (discipline)
Labor history (or labour history) is a broad field of study concerned with the development of the labor movement and the working class.
Labor history (or labour history) is a broad field of study concerned with the development of the labor movement and the working class.
Leon Fink (historian)
Leon Fink (born January 9, 1948) is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of History at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Leon Fink (born January 9, 1948) is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of History at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Liz Ross
Liz Ross is a long-term Socialist activist and author based in Melbourne, Australia.
Liz Ross is a long-term Socialist activist and author based in Melbourne, Australia.
Lizabeth Cohen
Lizabeth Cohen is the current Howard Mumford Jones Professor of American Studies and Chair of the History Department at Harvard University.
Lizabeth Cohen is the current Howard Mumford Jones Professor of American Studies and Chair of the History Department at Harvard University.
Mark Leier
Mark Leier is a Canadian historian of working class and left-wing history.
Mark Leier is a Canadian historian of working class and left-wing history.
Mark Starr (labor educationalist)
Mark Starr (27 April 1894, Shoscombe – 24 April 1985, New York) was a British American labor historian and pedagogue.
Mark Starr (27 April 1894, Shoscombe – 24 April 1985, New York) was a British American labor historian and pedagogue.
Mary Blewett
Mary H. Blewett is an author and academic specializing in American social history, women's history, and labor history.
Mary H. Blewett is an author and academic specializing in American social history, women's history, and labor history.
Melech Epstein
Melech Epstein was a Jewish American journalist and historian.
Melech Epstein was a Jewish American journalist and historian.
Melvyn Dubofsky
Melvyn Dubofsky (born October 25, 1934) is a professor of history and sociology, and a well-known labor historian.
Melvyn Dubofsky (born October 25, 1934) is a professor of history and sociology, and a well-known labor historian.
Michael Honey
Michael K. Honey is an American historian, Guggenheim Fellow and Haley Professor of Humanities at the University of Washington Tacoma in the United States, where he teaches African-American, civ...
Michael K. Honey is an American historian, Guggenheim Fellow and Haley Professor of Humanities at the University of Washington Tacoma in the United States, where he teaches African-American, civ...
Michael Yates (economist)
Michael Yates is an economist and a labor educator, and associate editor of the socialist magazine Monthly Review (MR).
Michael Yates is an economist and a labor educator, and associate editor of the socialist magazine Monthly Review (MR).
Michèle Perrot
Michèle Perrot is a French historian, and Professor emeritus at the Paris Diderot University.
Michèle Perrot is a French historian, and Professor emeritus at the Paris Diderot University.
Mick Armstrong
Mick Armstrong is a socialist activist and author based in Melbourne, Australia.
Mick Armstrong is a socialist activist and author based in Melbourne, Australia.
Nelson Lichtenstein
Nelson Lichtenstein (born November 15, 1944) is a professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and director of the Center for the Study of Work, Labor and Democracy.
Nelson Lichtenstein (born November 15, 1944) is a professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and director of the Center for the Study of Work, Labor and Democracy.
Nina Fishman
Nina Fishman (26 May 1946 – 5 December 2009) was an American-born English labour movement historian and political activist.
Nina Fishman (26 May 1946 – 5 December 2009) was an American-born English labour movement historian and political activist.
Paul Clark (educator)
Paul F. Clark (August 18, 1954) is a professor of labor studies at Pennsylvania State University.
Paul F. Clark (August 18, 1954) is a professor of labor studies at Pennsylvania State University.
Peter Kellman
Peter Kellman (born 1945) is an anti-war activist, author, and American labor union leader and activist.
Peter Kellman (born 1945) is an anti-war activist, author, and American labor union leader and activist.
Peter Linebaugh
Peter Linebaugh is an American Marxist historian who specializes in British history, Irish history, labor history, and the history of the colonial Atlantic.
Peter Linebaugh is an American Marxist historian who specializes in British history, Irish history, labor history, and the history of the colonial Atlantic.
Philip S. Foner
Philip S. Foner (1910–1994) was an American Marxist labor historian and teacher.
Philip S. Foner (1910–1994) was an American Marxist labor historian and teacher.
Philip Taft
Philip Taft was a noted labor historian whose research focused on the labor history of the United States and the American Federation of Labor.
Philip Taft was a noted labor historian whose research focused on the labor history of the United States and the American Federation of Labor.
Rachel Sherman (sociologist)
Rachel Sherman is an assistant professor of sociology at the New School for Social Research, and a well-known labor scholar whose work focuses on the revitalization of labor unions.
Rachel Sherman is an assistant professor of sociology at the New School for Social Research, and a well-known labor scholar whose work focuses on the revitalization of labor unions.
Richard Hurd (educator)
Richard Hurd is a professor of labor relations and Director of Labor Studies at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations.
Richard Hurd is a professor of labor relations and Director of Labor Studies at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations.
Richard Schneirov
Richard Schneirov (born 1948) is a professor of history and noted labor historian at Indiana State University.
Richard Schneirov (born 1948) is a professor of history and noted labor historian at Indiana State University.
Richard T. Ely
Richard Theodore Ely was an American economist, author, and leader of the Progressive movement who called for more government intervention in order to reform what they perceived as the injustice...
Richard Theodore Ely was an American economist, author, and leader of the Progressive movement who called for more government intervention in order to reform what they perceived as the injustice...
Rick Fantasia
Rick Fantasia is the Barbara Richmond 1940 Professor in the Social Sciences at Smith College in the United States and Director of its Kahn Liberal Arts Institute.
Rick Fantasia is the Barbara Richmond 1940 Professor in the Social Sciences at Smith College in the United States and Director of its Kahn Liberal Arts Institute.
Rick Kuhn
Rick Kuhn is an Australian Marxist economist, political analyst and reader at the Australian National University in Canberra.
Rick Kuhn is an Australian Marxist economist, political analyst and reader at the Australian National University in Canberra.
Robert Zieger
Robert H. "Bob" Zieger is a renowned labor historian whose research focuses on the labor history of the United States.
Robert H. "Bob" Zieger is a renowned labor historian whose research focuses on the labor history of the United States.
Ruth Milkman
Ruth Milkman is a professor of sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles, where she is also director of the UCLA Institute of Industrial Relations.
Ruth Milkman is a professor of sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles, where she is also director of the UCLA Institute of Industrial Relations.
Sandra Bloodworth
Sandra Bloodworth is a labour historian and long-term socialist activist, based in Melbourne, Australia.
Sandra Bloodworth is a labour historian and long-term socialist activist, based in Melbourne, Australia.
Selig Perlman
Selig Perlman (December 9, 1888 – August 14, 1959) was an economist and labor historian at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Selig Perlman (December 9, 1888 – August 14, 1959) was an economist and labor historian at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Seymour Martin Lipset
Seymour Martin Lipset was an American political sociologist, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, and the Hazel Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University.
Seymour Martin Lipset was an American political sociologist, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, and the Hazel Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University.
Sherry Wolf (activist)
Sherry Wolf is an American revolutionary socialist, Jewish anti-Zionist, independent journalist and author.
Sherry Wolf is an American revolutionary socialist, Jewish anti-Zionist, independent journalist and author.
Sidney Pollard
Sidney Pollard was a noted British economic and labour historian.
Sidney Pollard was a noted British economic and labour historian.
Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield
Sidney James Webb, 1st Baron Passfield PC was a British socialist, economist, reformer and a co-founder of the London School of Economics.
Sidney James Webb, 1st Baron Passfield PC was a British socialist, economist, reformer and a co-founder of the London School of Economics.
Stanley Aronowitz
Stanley Aronowitz is professor of sociology, cultural studies, and urban education at the CUNY Graduate Center.
Stanley Aronowitz is professor of sociology, cultural studies, and urban education at the CUNY Graduate Center.
Staughton Lynd
Staughton Craig Lynd is an American conscientious objector, Quaker, peace activist and civil rights activist, tax resister, historian, professor, author and lawyer.
Staughton Craig Lynd is an American conscientious objector, Quaker, peace activist and civil rights activist, tax resister, historian, professor, author and lawyer.
Tamara Hareven
Tamara Kern Hareven (May 10, 1937—October 18, 2002) was a social historian who wrote extensively on the history of the family and the effects of social changes on family lives.
Tamara Kern Hareven (May 10, 1937—October 18, 2002) was a social historian who wrote extensively on the history of the family and the effects of social changes on family lives.
Terence E. Carroll
Terence E. Carroll earned his B.A. in history from Wayne State University and an M.A. in history from Columbia University.
Terence E. Carroll earned his B.A. in history from Wayne State University and an M.A. in history from Columbia University.
Thomas Sugrue
Thomas J. Sugrue (born 1962, Detroit, Michigan) is an American historian of the twentieth-century United States at the University of Pennsylvania, where he is currently David Boies Professor of...
Thomas J. Sugrue (born 1962, Detroit, Michigan) is an American historian of the twentieth-century United States at the University of Pennsylvania, where he is currently David Boies Professor of...
Tom Bramble
Tom Bramble is a long-term socialist activist and author based in Queensland, Australia.
Tom Bramble is a long-term socialist activist and author based in Queensland, Australia.
Tom Juravich
Tom Juravich is a professor of Labor Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Tom Juravich is a professor of Labor Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Tom O'Lincoln
Tom O'Lincoln is an American born Marxist historian, author and one of the founders of the International Socialist Tendency in Australia.
Tom O'Lincoln is an American born Marxist historian, author and one of the founders of the International Socialist Tendency in Australia.
Tore Pryser
Tore Pryser is a Norwegian historian, professor at the Lillehammer University College since 1993.
Tore Pryser is a Norwegian historian, professor at the Lillehammer University College since 1993.
Walter Galenson
Walter Galenson (1914 – December 30, 1999) was a professor of economics at Cornell University and a noted economist and labor historian.
Walter Galenson (1914 – December 30, 1999) was a professor of economics at Cornell University and a noted economist and labor historian.
Øyvind Bjørnson
Øyvind Bjørnson (1950 – 3 December 2007) was a Norwegian historian who specialized in labor history and the history of the welfare state.
Øyvind Bjørnson (1950 – 3 December 2007) was a Norwegian historian who specialized in labor history and the history of the welfare state.