Abstract
The following is drawn from the editor's remarks at a roundtable session on "State-of-the-Art: Labor and Working-Class History" of the Organization of American Historians, April 12, 2002, in Washington, DC. Also contributing to the panel were Joshua Freeman, editor of ILWCH and Bryan Palmer, editor of Labor/Le Travail . Particularly noteworthy among their remarks was Freeman's paradoxical assertion that " 'Whiteness' is the greatest imperial triumph within labor history since E. P. Thompson's definition of class, even though labor historians may not like how it is used." I also appreciated Palmer's declaration about a field where he sees "a lot of art, but no state. And that is probably a good thing." Intended to engender larger discussion, my words drew an immediate response from Andrew Arnold, published here as a comment. Should interest warrant, Labor History will publish further contributions on this theme.
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