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Author:   John H. M. Laslett
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9780520282193

ISBN 10:   0520282191
Pages:   460
Publication Date:   26 March 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction: Scope and Purpose PART ONE: UNDER THE THUMB OF THE OPEN SHOP 1. Myth versus Reality in the Making of the Southern California Working Class, 1880--1903 2. It's Class War, without a Doubt : The Open Shop Battle Intensifies, 1904--1916 3. Grassroots Insurgencies and the Impact of World War I, 1905--1924 4. Moving to the Industrial Suburbs : From Hollywood to South Gate, and from Signal Hill to the Citrus Belt, 1919--1929 PART TWO: ORGANIZED LABOR COMES INTO ITS OWN 5. Unemployment, Upton Sinclair's EPIC Campaign, and the Search for a New Deal Political Coalition, 1929--1941 6. Raising Consciousness at the Workplace: Anglos, Mexicans, and the Founding of the Los Angeles CIO, 1933--1938 7. Battle Royal: AFL versus CIO, and the Decline of the Open Shop, 1936--1941 8. Two Steps Forward, One Step Back ? L.A. Workers in World War II, 1941--1945 PART THREE: CULTURAL CHANGE AND THE EMERGENCE OF A NEW INDUSTRIAL ORDER 9. Caught between Consumption and the Cold War : Rebuilding Working-Class Politics, 1945--1968 10. Employment, Housing, and the Struggle for Equality in the Era of Civil Rights, 1965--1980 11. Globalization, Labor's Decline, and the Coming of a Service and High-Tech Economy, 1970--1994 12. False Dawn? L.A.'s Labor-Latino Alliance Takes Center Stage, 1990--2010 Conclusion: Comparative Reflections Notes Primary Sources Index

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Laslett has given us an indispensable resource in this broad, overarching history of workers' movements in a remarkable city. --Chris Rhomberg Journal of American History (07/03/2016)

""Laslett has given us an indispensable resource in this broad, overarching history of workers’ movements in a remarkable city."" -- Chris Rhomberg * Journal of American History *

Laslett has given us an indispensable resource in this broad, overarching history of workers' movements in a remarkable city. -- Chris Rhomberg * Journal of American History *

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John Laslett is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author or co-author of many books including Labor and the Left, Failure of a Dream?, Colliers Across the Sea, and History of the ILGWU in Los Angeles.

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