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Author:

Stevens, Errol Wayne. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88005263

Title:

Radical L.A. : from Coxey's Army to the Watts riots, 1894-1965 / Errol Wayne Stevens.

Publisher:

University of Oklahoma Press,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

xviii, 366 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Subject:

Radicalism--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--History.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Politics and government.
Right and left (Political science)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-354) and index.

Contents:

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.

ISBN:

080614002X
9780806140025

OCLC:

(OCoLC)244246609

LCCN:

2008035615

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)