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Sven Lindqvist's book, "Dig Where You Stand: How to Research a Job," has been translated into English and offers a unique perspective on the hidden histories of work. The book focuses on Lindqvist's grandfather's job as a cement factory worker and serves as a self-help guide for working class activists. It explores how working class individuals can research their own history and gain more power in their workplace. While the book may not fully encompass contemporary workers' identities, it provides a blueprint for researchers and serves as a thought-provoking resource for those engaged in working class politics and social change. Lindqvist argues that workers should reclaim the work hidden in capital and emphasizes the importance of researching historical strikes and industrial conflicts. Overall, the book aims to inspire a movement of historical research and self-education within working-class communities. [Extracted from the article]

Norena Shopland, A History of Women in Mens' Clothes: From Cross-Dressing to Empowerment. Pen and Sword Books Ltd., 2021, 344 pp., ₹1,679 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article analyzes the increase in lynchings in Mexico during a period of decreasing lethal violence due to homicides. Questions are raised about the relationship between popular approval of lynchings and support for the death penalty, as well as the meanings associated with this form of violence. Gema Kloppe-Santamaría's book proposes that the presence of the State was a triggering factor for lynchings, as state agents were perceived as incapable of providing justice. The study analyzes 366 cases of lynchings in Mexico, which occurred in both rural communities and neighborhoods in cities. It is argued that lynchings were not a form of emancipatory violence, but rather violence encouraged by conservative thinking and instrumentalized for social control. [Extracted from the article]