Part I Territories, towns and industries: trade unionism in the British, German and US iron and steel industries, 1850-1910, Thomas Welskopp, Odette Hardy-Hemery; the dockers' union in the ports of London, Le Havre, Rotterdam and hamburg, 1850-1914, Eric Nijhof, John Barzman, John Lovell; trade unionism textile towms and areas, Jean-Claude Daumas, Remy Cazals, Marlene Ellerkamp, Allan Fowler; trade unions in middle-sized textile and machine-building cities - Ghent, Bielefield and Monza, 1890-1914, Karl Ditt, Giuseppe M. Longoni, Peter Scholliers; large towns - Liverpool, Lyon and Munich, John Belchem, Karl Hienrich Pohl, Vincent Robert. Part II Customs and representation: May days, Gita Deneckere, Marie-Louise Goerggen, Inge Marssolek, Danielle Tartakowsky, Chris Wrigley; the constraints of the law, Norbert Olsak, Chris Wrigley; employers and trade unions in the late 19th century in Britain, France and Germany, Marie-Genevieve Dezes, Kenneth Lunn, Arthur McIvor, Klaus Tenfelde; the multiple foundations of trade union organization in 19th century Germany, France and Britain, Michel Dreyfus, Sandrine Kott, Michel Pigenet, Noel Whiteside; the structure and organization of British, French and German trade unions before the First World War, Peter Berkowitz, Rebecca Gumbrell, Richard Hyman, Minchel Pigenet, Michael Schneider.