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Society For French Historical Studies, Leslie Schuster
Society For French Historical Studies, Leslie Schuster
Leslie Schuster
The Society for French Historical Studies held its thirty-eighth annual meeting on March 19-21, 1992, in El Paso, Texas. The session "Class and Identity: Representations of Urban and Rural Socio-economic Transformation in the Nineteenth Century" focused on complex issues of working-class identity.
Links On The Chain, Leslie Schuster, Robert Cvornyek
Links On The Chain, Leslie Schuster, Robert Cvornyek
Leslie Schuster
"Links on the Chain: Labor at Century's End" encompassed a variety of events with broad appeal in the academic and labor communities. The series coordinated several diverse programs including an exhibition of labor photography; films on the life of the worker; and panel discussions on the future of enterprise compacts, European and Latin American labor movements, community organizing, and occupational safety and health. Moreover, the program featured two regional conferences. The University and College Labor Education Association (UCLEA) held its Eastern Regional conference during the month as did the New England Historical Association (NEHA). This well attended series brought labor …
Workers And Community: The Case Of The Peat-Cutters And The Shipbuilding Industry In Saint-Nazaire, 1881-1910, Leslie Schuster
Workers And Community: The Case Of The Peat-Cutters And The Shipbuilding Industry In Saint-Nazaire, 1881-1910, Leslie Schuster
Leslie Schuster
Focuses on the adaptation to shipbuilding employment of the peat-cutters from La Grande Briere, a marshland community in Saint-Nazaire, France. Strike staged by rural workers regarding Penthouet shipyard's reinstatement of its spring schedule of lengthened workdays and extended lunch period; Shift in occupational patterns caused by the labor dispute in Saint-Nazaire..