New York Labor History Association

Click the book cover to the right to read a review by Samuel Borgos of Backroom Bargaining: Racketeering and Rebellion in New York City’s Labor Unions, by Jane LaTour.

This is the second review featured on our site of LaTour’s book, from a different perspective. The first review can be found here.

Thank you to the Association for Union Democracy for its permission to re-print the review, which first appeared in Union Democracy Review.

Our entire catalog of labor history book reviews can be accessed here.

Click the book cover to the right to read a review by Mark Altschuler of Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America by Howard Bryant.

The review is followed by a Note from our Book Review Editor, commenting on several recently-published books that study sports in a political/historical context.

Our entire catalog of labor history book reviews can be accessed here.