John Laslett
John Laslett
Professor Emeritus
Email: laslett@history.ucla.edu
Office: 6286 Bunche Hall
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Biography
On March 23, 2025, Professor Emeritus John Laslett passed away at the age of 91. He held a BA and a PhD from Oxford University in England, and he taught at the Univ. of Chicago before coming to UCLA, where he taught for several decades in the History Department. He wrote innovative articles and books on the history of labor and immigration and on the history of Los Angeles.
Please also see his obituary here.
Research
United States History: American labor and social movements; U.S., Asian, Black and Mexican immigration; comparative Euro-American history.
Publications
- Workingman in American Life (1968).
- Labor and the Left, a Study of Socialist and Radical Influences in the American Labor Movement, 1881-1924 (1970).
- Failure of a Dream? Essays in the History of American Socialism (1974), (1984), joint author.
- Nature’s Noblemen: The Fortunes of the Independent Collier in Scotland and the American Midwest, 1855-1889 (1983).
- History of the ILGWU in Los Angeles, 1910-1988 (1989), joint author.
- “Gender, Class, or Ethno-Cultural Struggle? The Problematic Relationship Between Rose Pesotta and the Los Angeles ILGWU”, California History (1993).
- The United Mine Workers of America: A Model of Industrial Solidarity? (1996), editor.
