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Index
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication Page
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. L.A. Workers in World War II: “Two Steps Forward, One Step Back”? 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 Civil Rights Era, 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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