International Review of Social History
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The International Review of Social History (IRSH) is a scholarly journal
Journal
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 founded, in its current format, in 1955, by the International Institute of Social History
International Institute of Social History
The International Institute of Social History is a historical research institute in Amsterdam. It was founded in 1935 by Nicolaas Posthumus. The IISG is part of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences....

. The IRSH publishes academic articles that focus on research into social
Social
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 and labor
Labor relations
Industrial relations is a multidisciplinary field that studies the employment relationship. Industrial relations is increasingly being called employment relations because of the importance of non-industrial employment relationships. Many outsiders also equate industrial relations to labour relations...

 history from a transnational perspective, accepting articles from both the modern and the early modern periods. It is well regarded by professional international social and labour historian as a journal which publishes authoritative papers on the discipline.

The journal publishes 4 issues per year, one of which is always a special issue collecting together articles around a given theme, edited by a guest editor. The current executive editor is Aad Blok, of the IISG. The IRSH is published by Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press
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 on behalf of the IISG.
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