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University of Maine for 36 years, holding positions in the Modern Society, History, and Political Science Departments, and in the Honors Program. He retired in 1997, but continued to serve as a research associate at the University of Maine Bureau of Labor Education.
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The
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Samuel
Gompers and the American Federation of Labor vs. Maine’s Congressman Charles E. Littlefield: 1900-1913 (1998)
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Organized Labor and Labor
Politics in Maine, 1880-1890 (University of Maine Studies Series #2, No. 83) (1966)
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Labor in Maine: Building the
Arsenal of Democracy and Resisting Reaction at Home, 1939-1952 (2006)
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The
Socialist Alternative: Utopian Experiments and the Socialist Party of Maine, 1895-1914 (1985)
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Organized Labor in Maine: War, Reaction, Depression, and the Rise of the CIO 1914-1943 (2002)
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Labor Day — 2007: Pausing to
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Time-Line of Selected Highlights of Maine Labor History: 1636-2015 (2016)
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Time-Line of Selected Highlights of Maine Labor History: 1636-2003 (2003)
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In the Name of Humanity: Maine’s Crusade Against Child Labor (2000)
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Unity in the House of Labor: Maine AFL-CIO Merger, 1956 (2006)
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Requiem for the labor movement? : a perspective
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