The Indian Ocean World in the Nineteenth Century
Review of “A Hundred Horizons” by Sugata Bose
The Long Nineteenth Century From a Global Perspective
Review of The Birth of the Modern World by C.A. Bayly.
Coal Mining in the Ottoman Empire
Review of Miners and the State in the Ottoman Empire by Donald Quataert.
Origins of the English Proletariat
Review of The Making of the English Working Class by E.P. Thompson.
The Collapse of the Knights of Labor
The Knights of Labor grew to become the largest nineteenth-century labor union in the US after winning a major railroad strike in 1885. It then collapsed due to intense, sometimes violent, opposition from employers and the state.
Suppression of Radical Unionism in the US
Review of “The Rise and Repression of Radical Labor” by Daniel Fusfeld
Domestic Servants and the Color Line
Overview of academic literature on the history of domestic servants in the US.
Eugene Genovese on Slavery
Eugene Genovese argues that slaves as a social class laid the foundation for black national culture while enriching US culture. Slave rebellions prior to the late 1700s largely did not seek to do away with the entire slave system, but later slave rebellions were revolutionary attempts to topple slavery.
Historic Roots of the Haitian Civil War
Foreign intervention in Haiti, past and present. How the U.S. turned Haiti into an American satellite state.
Paris Commune: Myth vs. Reality
In 1871 citizens in Paris revolted and set up a rebel government. Although it had a radical fringe, this Paris Commune was merely a left-Republican uprising and was no where near as radical as is commonly portrayed.