Eyes on Labor

• Illustrates a crucial chapter in American labor history wtih over 80 evocative photographs
• Content will appeal to anyone who studies labor history, photography, and the history of journalism
• Engages with a timely topic: resurgence of interest labor and unions in the wake of the Wisconsin Labor Standoff and the Occupy Wall Street Movement

Readership: Readers of Journal of American history; students and scholars of labor history and visual culture.

Carol Quirke, Assistant Professor of American Studies, SUNY College of Old Westbury, United States

Carol Quirke is Assistant Professor of American Studies at SUNY College of Old Westbury.

Introduction: "The Central Instrument of Our Time"
1. "The Quick Nervousness of Pictures is a New Language:" Depicting Organized Labor Before Photojournalism
2. Consuming Labor: LIFE Magazine and Mass Production Unionism, 1936-1941
3. Bitter Kisses: Sit-down Strike at the Hershey Chocolate Corporation, April 1937
4. "Strike Photos are Star Witnesses:" Photographs and Newsreels of the Memorial Day Massacre, May 1937
5. Steel Labor and the United Steel Workers of America's Culture of Constraint, 1936-1950
6. "This Picture Shows What We Are Fighting For:" Rank and File Photography of New York City's Local 65, 1933-1953
Conclusion
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