Radical L. a From Coxey's Army to the Watts Riots, 1894-1965

Name: Radical L. a From Coxey's Army to the Watts Riots, 1894-1965
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ISBN: 9780806140025

ISBN-10: 080614002X

ISBN-13: 9780806140025

Edition: 2009

Authors: Errol Wayne Stevens

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How conflict between right and left shaped a city's character

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Publication date: 5/1/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 388
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English

Errol Wayne Stevens is retired as Assistant University Librarian for Archives and Special Collections at the Charles Von der Ahe Library, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles. He has published numerous articles on the history of American radicalism and other subjects.



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Introduction: "The Most Terrible Day in the History of Los Angeles"



A City Divided



An Island No More



Socialism and Labor in the City of the Open Shop



The Scabbiest Town on Earth



The Fall of the Socialist Party



Wobblies, War, and Repression



Trouble on the Waterfront



The Changing of the Guard



Hard Times and Big Ideas



The New Deal in Los Angeles



Labor and Race in Wartime Los Angeles



The Anti-Communist Crusade


Conclusion: 1965-Year of Change


Notes


Suggested Readings


Index