It looks like Labor's Untold Story is still available from UE for $15.

http://www.ranknfile-ue.org/cat_hist.html

Rudy

Michael Nuwer wrote:
Paul Zarembka wrote:
Michael,

Thanks for replying. I have an old edition of the book when Dulles was the only author (my edition is 1966). It seemed to me to have an anti-communist subtext, seemed to use "the public" against worker strikes, and seemed concerned about the 'ethics' of sit-down strikes, etc. In other words, the book seemed pretty 'establishment' or 'mainstream'.

Do you find this to be still the case? or is the late, modern edition worth looking into? Anyone else with an opinion?

Paul, the current edition is the same as you describe for the 1966 edition. Dubofsky is mainstream and he hasn't changed the book's focus.

I wasn't sure, from your message, what exactly you were looking for. I took the request for a "textbook" to mean something written by an academic historian. In that case there seems to be only two choices: the old labor history and the new labor history.

I think "Labor's Untold Story" by Richard Boyer and Herbert Morais is the best single book for undergraduates on the history of the labor movement, but it's now out of print (although there are still many used copies for sale on the internet book sites). I've not taught labor history from a single book in a very long time.

Sorry I can't be more help.

Michael

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