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Labour History Review is published three times a year by the Society for the Study of Labour History in association with Liverpool University Press.

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Book reviews in Labour History Review volume 91 (2026) issue 1

The books listed below are reviewed in Labour History Review (2026), 91, (1). Read the reviews. Abhishek Yadav reviews Titas Chakraborty, Empire of Labor: How the East India Company Colonized Hired Work, Oakland: University of California Press, 2025, pp. xiv + 322, h/b, £53.65, ISBN 978 05203 99631 Quentin Outram reviews Jessica Field, Eviction: A Social History of Rent, London: Verso, 2025, pp. vi + 280, h/b, £20, ISBN 978 … Continue reading Book reviews in Labour History Review volume 91 (2026) issue 1

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Widows, Subsistence Strategies, and Union Solidarity in Railway Labour in Early Twentieth-Century Argentina

Author:  Florencia D’UvaThis is the abstract of an article published in Labour History Review (2026), 91, (1). Read this article. This article examines the survival strategies employed by the widows of railway workers in Argentina during the early twentieth century. Rather than portraying these women as passive recipients of assistance from trade unions or railway companies, this study highlights their active agency in securing financial support. Through petitions, legal … Continue reading Widows, Subsistence Strategies, and Union Solidarity in Railway Labour in Early Twentieth-Century Argentina

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The CPGB and the Soviet War Scare, 1927-29

Author:  James SquiresThis is the abstract of an article published in Labour History Review (2026), 91, (1). Read this article. The coming of the Soviet war scare in 1927 obliged all communist parties to spring to the defence of the world’s first socialist state. Kick-started by Britain’s severance of diplomatic relations in May, clear emphasis was placed from the very beginning on the role the Communist Party of Great … Continue reading The CPGB and the Soviet War Scare, 1927-29

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The Chartist Revolution

Author:  Peter GurneyThis is the abstract of an article published in Labour History Review (2026), 91, (1). Read this article. I would like to begin this lecture with a few autobiographical reflections. John Halstead would not have minded, I think, because one of his many admirable qualities was that he gave you the feeling that he was always genuinely interested in what you had to say, not only about … Continue reading The Chartist Revolution

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Labour History Review Volume 91 (2026) issue 1

Labour History Review Volume 91 (2026), Issue 1 has now been published. The journal appears both in hard copy and online formats. In this issue . . . Peter Gurney, “The Chartist Revolution”, pp 1-27. Read more: Florencia D’Uva, “Beyond Mourning: Widows, Subsistence Strategies and Union Solidarity in the World of Railway Labour in Early Twentieth-Century Argentina”, pp 27-49. Read more: James Squires, “‘Widespread Disbelief … Continue reading Labour History Review Volume 91 (2026) issue 1

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Labour History Review essay prize 2026

Entries are invited for the Labour History Review postgraduate essay prize for 2026. The deadline for entries is 30 June 2026, and details are set out below. Download the entry form (Word document). The editors of Labour History Review established this essay prize with the purpose of encouraging a high standard of scholarship amongst postgraduate research students in the United Kingdom and abroad. The winner’s … Continue reading Labour History Review essay prize 2026

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Labour History Review index 2025

An index for Labour History Review vol 90 (2025) has now been added to the website. Indexes for every year since the Society was founded in 1960 are free to download. There is also a consolidated index in Excel format enabling easy access to the thirty-five years’ worth of articles published since the former Society for the Study of Labour History Bulletin was relaunched in … Continue reading Labour History Review index 2025

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Labour History Review Volume 90 (2025), issue 3

Labour History Review Volume 90 (2025), Issue 3 has now been published. The journal appears both in hard copy and online formats. In this issue… This special issue of Labour History Review focusing on Anti-Imperialism and the Global Left: New Appraisals is guest-edited by Lorenzo Costaguta, Justine Cousin, Camille Fauroux, and Thomas van Gaalen. Articles include: Thomas van Gaalen and Thijs te Braake on Selling Solidarity: Interwar Dutch … Continue reading Labour History Review Volume 90 (2025), issue 3

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Anti-Imperialism and the Global Left: New Appraisals

Author: Lorenzo Costaguta, Justine Cousin, Camille Fauroux, and Thomas van GaalenThis is the abstract of an article published in Labour History Review (2025), 90, (3). Read this article. This essay introduces the key themes of the special issue Anti-Imperialism and the Global Left: New Appraisals, edited by Lorenzo Costaguta, Justine Cousin, Camille Fauroux, and Thomas van Gaalen. The authors review existing scholarship on left-wing anti-imperialism and detail the interventions of … Continue reading Anti-Imperialism and the Global Left: New Appraisals

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Selling Solidarity: Interwar Dutch Leftist Negotiations over Anti-Colonial Solidarity

Author: Thomas van Gaalen and Thijs te BraakeThis is the abstract of an article published in Labour History Review (2025), 90, (3). Read this article. Centring Dutch leftist expressions of solidarity with two anti-colonial revolts – the 1926 Indonesian revolt and an attempted 1929 Curaçaoan revolution – this article examines how leftists in the European metropole sold solidarity with anti-colonialism across different political arenas and organizational levels. Relating their … Continue reading Selling Solidarity: Interwar Dutch Leftist Negotiations over Anti-Colonial Solidarity

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