David Montgomery
Encyclopedia
David Montgomery is Farnam Professor of History Emeritus
at Yale University
. Montgomery is considered one of the foremost academics specializing in United States
labor history
and has written extensively on the subject. Along with David Brody
and Herbert Gutman
, he is credited with founding the field of "new labor history
" in the U.S. Following the example of British
historian
E. P. Thompson
, Montgomery encouraged a generation of labor historians to examine working-class culture, rather than simply their organizations. He was also President of the Organization of American Historians
from 1999 to 2000.
Emeritus
Emeritus is a post-positive adjective that is used to designate a retired professor, bishop, or other professional or as a title. The female equivalent emerita is also sometimes used.-History:...
at Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
. Montgomery is considered one of the foremost academics specializing in United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
labor history
Labor history
Labor history may refer to:* Labor history , a subfield of the discipline of history**Labor history of the United States, describes the history of organized labor, as well as the more general history of working people, in the United States...
and has written extensively on the subject. Along with David Brody
David Brody
David Brody is a professor emeritus of history at the University of California-Davis.-Life and education:Brody was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey to Barnet and Ida Brody, who were immigrants to the United States. Working his way through Harvard University, he received his bachelor's degree in...
and Herbert Gutman
Herbert Gutman
Herbert Gutman was an American professor of history at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, where he wrote on slavery and labor history.-Early life and education:...
, he is credited with founding the field of "new labor history
New labor history
New labor history is a branch of labor history which focuses on the experiences of workers, women, and minorities in the study of history. It is heavily influenced by social history....
" in the U.S. Following the example of British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
historian
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
E. P. Thompson
E. P. Thompson
Edward Palmer Thompson was a British historian, writer, socialist and peace campaigner. He is probably best known today for his historical work on the British radical movements in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, in particular The Making of the English Working Class...
, Montgomery encouraged a generation of labor historians to examine working-class culture, rather than simply their organizations. He was also President of the Organization of American Historians
Organization of American Historians
The Organization of American Historians , formerly known as the Mississippi Valley Historical Association, is the largest professional society dedicated to the teaching and study of American history. OAH's members in the U.S...
from 1999 to 2000.
Major works
- Beyond Equality: Labor and the Radical Republicans, 1862-1872Beyond Equality: Labor and the Radical Republicans, 1862-1872Beyond Equality: Labor and the Radical Republicans, 1862-1872 is a non-fiction book written by historian David Montgomery concerning organized labor during and after the United States Civil War until the Panic of 1873 and the relationships between labor unions and Radical Republicans. The book was...
. Illini Books ed. Champaign, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 1981. ISBN 0-252-00869-3 - Black Workers' Struggle for Equality in BirminghamBlack Workers' Struggle for Equality in BirminghamBlack Workers' Struggle for Equality in Birmingham is a 2001 book written by David Montgomery, Professor of History Emeritus at Yale University, in collaboration with Horace Huntley of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. The book makes use of oral histories to explain the interactions between...
. Champaign, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 2004. ISBN 0-252-02952-6 - Citizen Worker: The Experience of Workers in the United States with Democracy and the Free Market during the Nineteenth Century. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994. ISBN 0-521-42057-1
- The Fall of the House of Labor: The Workplace, the State, and American Labor Activism, 1865-1925.The Fall of the House of LaborThe Fall of the House of Labor: The Workplace, the State, and American Labor Activism, 1865-1925 is a book published in 1988 by Yale University historian David Montgomery. The book covers the changing tide of organized labor from the end of the Civil War in 1865 until the First Red Scare and what Dr...
New York: Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge, 1987. ISBN 0-521-22579-5 - Workers' Control in America: Studies in the History of Work, Technology, and Labor Struggles. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1979. ISBN 0-521-22580-9