Carol Poore,The Bonds of Labor: German Journeys to the Working World, 1890–1990. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2000. 298 pp. $39.95 cloth.

2005 ◽  
Vol 68 ◽  
pp. 136-139
Author(s):  
Mary Jo Maynes
Keyword(s):  
Political Identity ◽  
Organized Labor ◽  
Class Relations ◽  
Class Analysis ◽  
State University ◽  
Race Theory ◽  
The Past ◽  
Wayne State University ◽  
History Of ◽  
Working World

Approaches to the history of class relations in Germany as elsewhere have changed dramatically over the past two decades or so. Historical class analysis, which once pointed to the clear significance of class as a social marker, a cultural and political identity, in short, as a force of history, has became dulled in the wake of the collapse of socialism, the decline of organized labor, and the intellectual challenges associated with postmodernism, feminism, and race theory. As one student remarked in a recent seminar on the history and historiography of class relations in Europe, class has become the unexamined third pillar of the race, class, gender triad. Historians do not deny the significance of class relations; it has just that figuring out how to theorize and document the history of class is much more complicated than it used to be.

Labor and the New Millennium: Class, Vision, and Change. The Twenty-second North American Labor History Conference

2001 ◽  
Vol 60 ◽  
pp. 215-218
Author(s):  
David Witwer
Keyword(s):  
Labor History ◽  
State University ◽  
The Past ◽  
Wayne State University ◽  
Working People ◽  
History Of ◽  
Economy Globalization ◽  
Past Experiences ◽  
Working Populations ◽  
American Labor

On October 19–21, 2000, scholars gathered for this annual labor history conference at Wayne State University in Detroit, this year focusing on the issues confronting working people in the so-called new economy. Globalization, growing corporate power, the need for diverse working populations to form effective alliances—all of these issues provided the context in which historians and other scholars presented and discussed a range of papers. Over the course of three days, sessions approached these issues from a number of different directions. While some panels explored the ways in which past labor struggles prefigured current dilemmas, others focused on the very recent. A third group of papers approached these issues by debating changes in methodology that would create a history of working people more responsive to the current dilemmas and more reflective of the past experiences of working people. These themes, however, did not impose any straitjacket on the proceedings. With over sixty-five formal papers and presentations, the conference provided a rich assortment of subjects, from papers offering a comparative perspective on slave labor to a profile of strikebreaking state militiamen in turn-of-the-nineteenth-century Colorado.

scholarly journals From Laboratory to Library: The History of Wayne State University’s Education Library

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzan A. Alteri
Keyword(s):  
College Of Education ◽  
State University ◽  
Normal School ◽  
Wayne State University ◽  
The People ◽  
History Of

The Education Library at Wayne State University has a long and storied history. From its beginning at the Detroit Normal School to its final merger with the general library, the Education Library has been at the heart of not only Wayne State University, but also in the development of the College of Education. This paper chronicles the history of the library, and the people who created it, from its very beginning to its final place among the volumes of Purdy/Kresge Library.

scholarly journals The Cosa Mithraeum: A Long Overdue Survey

2018 ◽  
Vol 58 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 157-169
Author(s):  
James C. Henriques
Keyword(s):  
Bryn Mawr ◽  
Florida State University ◽  
State University ◽  
Bryn Mawr College ◽  
The Past ◽  
Scholarly Publications ◽  
Past Half Century ◽  
History Of ◽  
Past Half ◽  
Ample Reason

Summary Very likely due to its modest nature, the Cosa Mithraeum has been mentioned in scholarly publications only four times – each in passing – since its discovery in 1954. This sparse attention, restricted solely to literature on Cosa, has meant that the mithraeum is well-known among those intimately familiar with the colony, but has languished in complete obscurity among Mithraic scholars for the past half century. In addition to bringing the Cosa Mithraeum to the attention of a wider audience, this article also argues for a re-evaluation of the most recent dating of the mithraeum. Recent advances in scholarship on mithraea at Ostia give ample reason to suggest that the original date for the Cosa Mithraeum might be more accurate than later interpreters have assumed. Furthermore, the ongoing excavations of Cosa's bath complex, conducted by Florida State University, Bryn Mawr College, and Tübingen University have revealed a city that was still quite active during the 2nd century CE. In light of these developments, this article is an overdue study of the Cosa Mithraeum and its role in the history of the colony.

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