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100 1 _aStruthers, David M.
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245 1 4 _aThe world in a city :
_bmultiethnic radicalism in early twentieth-century Los Angeles
_cDavid M. Struthers
260 _aUrbana :
_bUniversity of Illinois Press,
_cc2019.
300 _ax, 290 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
490 0 _aWorking class in American history
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _a"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"--
650 0 _aLabor movement
_vCalifornia
_vLos Angeles
_y20th century
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650 0 _aRadicalism
_vCalifornia
_vLos Angeles
_y20th century
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650 0 _aIntercultural communication
_vCalifornia
_vLos Angeles
_y20th century
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650 7 _aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General
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650 7 _aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes
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650 7 _aHISTORY / United States / State & Local / West
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856 _uhttps://uowd.box.com/s/pt7ua7snw6ozp2esihutqufazw66gc49
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