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The World in a City

- Multiethnic Radicalism in Early Twentieth-Century Los Angeles
Af: David M Struthers Engelsk Paperback

The World in a City

- Multiethnic Radicalism in Early Twentieth-Century Los Angeles
Af: David M Struthers Engelsk Paperback
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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.

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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.

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 310
ISBN-13: 9780252084256
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 025208425X
Kategori: US West
Udg. Dato: 16 maj 2019
Længde: 17mm
Bredde: 235mm
Højde: 156mm
Forlag: University of Illinois Press
Oplagsdato: 16 maj 2019
Forfatter(e): David M Struthers
Forfatter(e) David M Struthers


Kategori US West


ISBN-13 9780252084256


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 310


Udgave


Længde 17mm


Bredde 235mm


Højde 156mm


Udg. Dato 16 maj 2019


Oplagsdato 16 maj 2019


Forlag University of Illinois Press