Labor History

Labor history may refer to:

  • Labor history (discipline), a subfield of the discipline of history.
    • Labor history of the United States, in which the history of organized labor is documented, as well as the more general history of "working people" in the United States (US).
  • The Australian labour movement, including its history.
  • The Labor History journal, a scholarly publication published by Taylor & Francis.
  • Labour History, a scholarly journal published in Australia by the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History (ASSLH).
  • The Labour History Review, a scholarly journal published in the United Kingdom (UK) by the Society for the Study of Labour History.

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