Labor History (journal)

The journal was established in 1953 as the Labor Historian's Bulletin ({{ISSN|0456-9644}}), and later incorporated Newsletter ({{OCLC|16812578}}).{{cite web|title=Labor History|url=https://ulrichsweb.serialssolutions.com/title/1319822832082/48657|work=ULRICHSWEB|publisher=ProQuest, LLC|accessdate=28 October 2011}} In 1960, the journal 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.

In 2003 the journal was sold to Taylor and Francis. Following conflicts with the new publisher over editorial independence, editor-in-chief Leon Fink, the entire editorial board, and much of the editorial staff left to establish a rival journal, Labor: Studies in Working-Class History.{{cite journal |last=Smallwood |first=Scott |author2=David Glenn |title=Editor of 'Labor History' Quits, and Dozens Join Him; Oxford Press Hires Editor From Princeton |journal=The Chronicle of Higher Education |date=July 4, 2003 |volume=49 |issue=43 |pages=A18 |url=http://chronicle.com/article/Editor-of-Labor-History/32338/ |accessdate=28 October 2011}}{{cite news |title=SPARC Partners with New Labor Studies Journal |url=http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/Digest/SPARC-Partners-with-New-Labor-Studies-Journal-16620.asp |accessdate=28 October 2011 |newspaper=Weekly News Digest |date=15 September 2003 |quote=According to Leon Fink, the former editor in chief of Labor History and editor of the new Labor, the principal issue was maintaining the journal's editorial independence. More than 40 people associated with the Taylor and Francis journal have joined Fink at the new Labor journal, including four associate editors, the book review editor, the six-person editorial committee, and the 30 contributing editors.}}

The journal is currently published by Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis. The current editor is Craig Phelan of Solidarity Center (Abuja, Nigeria), US editor Gerald Friedman of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and book review editor John Trumpbour of Harvard University.

{{cite web

| title = Labor History: Editorial Board

| publisher = Taylor & Francis

| url = https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=editorialBoard&journalCode=clah20

| date =

| access-date = 11 March 2021}}

Since 2013, the journal is being published 5 times a year.

The journal is abstracted and/or indexed in Alternative Press Index, America: History and Life, Historical Abstracts, Political Science Complete, Scopus, SocINDEX, and Web of Science.

In 1974, Daniel Leab became editor and served the journal for more than two decades.

{{cite web

| title = Daniel J. Leab Collection: Papers, 1900–1975

| publisher = Wayne State University - Walter P. Reuther Library (Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs)

| url = https://reuther.wayne.edu/files/LP000590.pdf

| date = May 1980

| access-date = 17 November 2016}}

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.

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• {{Official website|http://www.tandfonline.com/clah}}

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