The International Labor History Association honors Professor Lori Flores for her work, Awaiting Their Feast: Latinx Food Workers and Activism from World War II to COVID-19 (University of North Carolina Press) with its Book-of-the-Year Award for the best book of working-class history for 2024.

The International Labor History Association honors Professor Lori Flores for her work, Awaiting Their Feast: Latinx Food Workers and Activism from World War II to COVID-19 (University of North Carolina Press) with its Book-of-the-Year Award for the best book of working-class history for 2024. In this work, Flores has written a creatively conceptualized, rigorously researched, and broadly accessible study, tracing the growing national attraction to Latinx foodways and a notable, if fluctuating, demand for exploited immigrant labor in the United States since 1941. Read more about the award here.