A bridge between past and present
Please enjoy Prof. Chris Rhomberg’s review of Michael Koncewicz’ timely 2018 book, They Said No to Nixon: Republicans Who Stood Up to the President’s Abuses of Power. Click the image on the left to view the review and the link here to check out our constantly growing library of book reviews for labor history buffs.
Murder in the Garment District: The Grip of Organized Crime and the Decline of Labor in the United States is a thrilling new account of labor racketeering and corruption in mid-century New York, written by David Witwer and Catherine Rios.
The new book is “well-documented, well-written, and altogether terrific,” writes Prof. Robert D. Parmet in his review of the new title.
Click the image on the left to read his review and be sure to check out NYLHA’s ever-growing catalog of book reviews for lovers of labor history.
Happy reading!
Check out NYLHA’s newest book review, on Timothy Lombardo’s Blue-Collar Conservatism: Frank Rizzo’s Philadelphia and Populist Politics, reviewed by Maynard Seider.
See all of our labor history book reviews here.
Happy Juneteenth!