2026 Bernard Bellush Prize
Liana Katz, a Rutgers University doctoral student, is being awarded the 2026 Bellush Prize for the best graduate essay in labor history for chapter 3 of her dissertation, “Warehouse in the Garden: Land, Labor, and the Human in New Jersey’s Warehouse Sector.” Employing participation observation, semi-structured interviews, and primary research, Katz reveals warehouse work to be rooted in racial capitalism through small scale production as it interfaces with global spanning infrastructure and economic forces.
Read the full dissertation abstract and learn more here.
New Review: Women, Immigrants, and the Working-Class Battle in Little Falls, New York: The Textile Strike of 1912-1913
Click the book cover to the right to read a review by Steven Davis of Women, Immigrants, and the Working-Class Battle in Little Falls, New York: The Textile Strike of 1912-1913, by J.N. Cheney.
Our entire catalog of labor history book reviews can be accessed here.