Ken Fones-Wolf
Professor
Degree Information: Ph.D. Temple University 1986
Teaching fields: 19th century America, working class, migration and ethnicity, Gilded Age and Progressive Era, Appalachia
Research fields: Labor and working class, religion, economic, ethnic, Appalachian
Recent Publications:
Books: Glass Towns: Industry, Labor and Political Economy in Central Appalachia, 1890-1930s (University of Illinois, 2006)
Transnational West Virginia: Ethnic Communities and Economic Change,
1840-1940 (West Virginia University Press, 2002)
Articles: “Transatlantic Craft Migrations and Transnational Spaces: Belgian Window Glass Workers in America, 1880-1920,” Labor History (2004)
“Immigrants, Labor and Capital in a Transnational Context: Belgian Glass Workers in America, 1880-1925,” Journal of American Ethnic History (2002)
Current Research Project: Protestantism and Class Relations in 20th Century America
History 477, Fall 2007
History 773, Fall 2007
