Taking History to Heart: The Power of the Past in Building Social Movements

A major book by a labor historian who has done more than anyone to produce democratic and usable working class history over the last thirty years. Consistently engaged by workers as his students, audience, and fellow activists, Green's history is rigorous and accessible.--David Roediger, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

This book makes a powerful contribution not only to the world of scholarship but also, in the spirit of its theme, to the larger community outside academe.--Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States

Green is one of the most thoughtful and knowledgeable of our labor historians, and a fine writer. This book addresses an urgent and complex issue: the relationship of historians to the public. Green poses a profound challenge to the way most historians work today.--Jon Wiener, University of California, Irvine

James Green is professor of history and labor studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston and coauthor of Commonwealth of Toil: Chapters in the History of Massachusetts Workers and Their Unions (University of Massachusetts Press, 1996).