Overview

This edited volume explores previously untold or rarely explored stories of labor across the United States from 1850 to 2020. Chapters examine labor history as an interconnected process over time, exploring themes such as unionization, labor rights movements of historically underrepresented populations, the influence of immigrant labor, and the impact of technology on social change. Each chapter presents an academic analysis alongside practical pedagogical strategies, including detailed lesson plans, aimed at middle and high school educators, offering a fresh perspective on the vital role of labor in shaping the United States' past and present.

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Author:   Caroline R. Pryor ,  Adam I. Attwood
Publisher:   Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Imprint:   Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   9
Weight:   0.494kg
ISBN:  

9781636678924

ISBN 10:   1636678920
Pages:   268
Publication Date:   19 February 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Teaching Labor History: Adam I. Attwood - 1. Exploring the Complexity of the Pullman Strike Through Causal Mapping: Alex Honold - 2. History and Memory at Les Lieux de Memoiré: The Commemoration of the Haymarket Affair: Adam J. Schmitt - 3. Labor During the ‘Roaring 1920s’: Mary Barker, the American Federation of Teachers, and Local #89: JoAnn Wood and Chara Haeussler Bohan - 4. The Women’s Bureau: Advancing Women’s Labor Rights in the 1920s: Adam I. Attwood - 5. From The Washerwomen of Jackson to Chris Smalls: Countering Labor History as a white Man’s History: Meghan Moore-Hubbard and Brandon Beck - 6. From Breaker Boys to Union Leaders: Labor Movements in the Coal Industry During the Second Industrial Revolution: Heather N. Hagan and Carolyn A. Weber - 7. Echoes of Engagement: Amplifying Voces Cívicas Through Chicano Narratives. Ecos de Compromiso: Amplificando Voces Cívicas a través de Narrativas Chicanas: Debora V. Saavedra-Winch and Tina Lane Heafner - 8. Teaching LGBTQ+ Labor History through Sociological Perspectives: Niklaus Ryker K. Christensen and Adam I. Attwood - 9. Contextualizing the “Lavender Scare” with Critical Human Rights Education: Sean Corrigan - 10. EduTech Labor: A Tale of Artificial Teacher Assistance and Tech Twists in Online Learning: Andrea Arce-Trigatti, Dorota Silber-Furman, and Aimee Klaschus

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Adam I. Attwood (PhD) is Associate Professor in the College of Education at Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee, achieving his PhD in education with specialization in cultural studies and social thought from Washington State University. He held the Richard B. Kobusch Humanities Chair (2018–2019) at Whitfield School in St. Louis, Missouri. In 2010, he was awarded the Praxis Recognition of Excellence in Social Studies Content Knowledge by the Educational Testing Service (ETS). He is the author of Social Aesthetics and the School Environment: A Case Study of the Chivalric Ethos (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018) and co-editor of Teaching the Struggle for Civil Rights, 1977–Present (Peter Lang, 2022).

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