The world in a city : multiethnic radicalism in early twentieth-century Los Angeles / David M Struthers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Struthers, David M., author.

Series:

Working class in American history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor movement--California--Los Angeles--History--20th century.

Labor movement.

Radicalism--California--Los Angeles--History--20th century.

Radicalism.

Intercultural communication--California--Los Angeles--History--20th century.

Intercultural communication.

Race relations--History--20th century.

Race relations.

History.

California--Los Angeles.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

x, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2019.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780252042478

0252042476

9780252084256

025208425X

OCLC:

1057375863