| Description |
1 online resource (x, 290 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
The working class in American history
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Working class in American history.
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| Summary |
"A massive population shift transformed Los Angeles in the first decades of the twentieth century. Americans from across the country relocated to the city even as an unprecedented transnational migration brought people from Asia, Europe, and Mexico. Together, these newcomers forged a multiethnic alliance of anarchists, labor unions, and leftists dedicated to challenging capitalism, racism, and often the state. David M. Struthers draws on the anarchist concept of affinity to explore the radicalism of Los Angeles's interracial working class from 1900 to 1930. Uneven economic development created precarious employment and living conditions for laborers. The resulting worker mobility led to coalitions that, inevitably, remained short lived. As Struthers shows, affinity helps us understand how individual cooperative actions shaped and reshaped these alliances. It also reveals social practices of resistance that are often too unstructured or episodic for historians to capture. What emerges is an untold history of Los Angeles and a revolutionary movement that, through myriad successes and failures, produced powerful examples of racial cooperation"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Labor movement -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century.
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Labor movement. |
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California -- Los Angeles. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Radicalism -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century.
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Radicalism. |
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Intercultural communication -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century.
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Intercultural communication. |
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Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
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Race relations. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Struthers, David M. World in a city. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2019 9780252042478 (DLC) 2018051851 (OCoLC)1057375863 |
| ISBN |
9780252051319 (electronic book) |
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0252051319 (electronic book) |
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9780252042478 |
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0252042476 |
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9780252084256 |
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025208425X |
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