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Subject(s)

• Labor movement—California—Los Angeles—History—20th century [Browse]
• Radicalism—California—Los Angeles—History—20th century [Browse]
• Intercultural communication—California—Los Angeles—History—20th century [Browse]
• Race relations—History—20th century [Browse]

Series

Working class in American history [More in this series]

Summary note

"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.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other title(s)

The world in a city : multiethnic radicalism in early 20th century Los Angeles

ISBN

• 9780252042478 (hardcover)
• 0252042476 (hardcover)
• 9780252084256 (paperback)
• 025208425X (paperback)

LCCN

2018051851

OCLC

1057375863

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