Neville Kirk is Emeritus Professor of Social and Labour History at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. A leading figure in the field of labour history, he has published extensively in the areas of modern British history, the comparative history of Britain, the USA and Australia and transnational history. A longstanding member of the UK Society for the Study of Labour History, he has served on the editorial and advisory boards of the journals Labour History Review (UK), Labour History (Australia), Labor: Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas (USA), International Labor and Working-class History (USA), and Labour/Le Travail (Canada).