Sunshine was never enough : Los Angeles workers, 1880-2010
by
Laslett, John H. M.
Title
:
Sunshine was never enough : Los Angeles workers, 1880-2010
Author
:
Laslett, John H. M.
ISBN
:
9780520273450
9780520953871
9781283584098
Publication Information
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Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2012.
Physical Description
:
1 online resource (xiii, 442 pages) : illustrations, maps
Abstract
:
Delving beneath Southern California's popular image as a sunny frontier of leisure and ease, this book tells the dynamic story of the life and labor of Los Angeles's large working class. In a sweeping narrative that takes into account more than a century of labor history, John H.M. Laslett acknowledges the advantages Southern California's climate, open spaces, and bucolic character offered to generations of newcomers. At the same time, he demonstrates that--in terms of wages, hours, and conditions of work--L.A. differed very little from America's other industrial cities. Laslett shows how labor in all its guises--blue and white collar, industrial, agricultural, and high tech--shaped the neighborhoods, economic policies, racial attitudes, and class perceptions of the City of Angels.--From publisher description.
Subject Term
:
Working class -- California -- Los Angeles -- History.
Labor -- California -- Los Angeles -- History.
Labor movement -- California -- Los Angeles -- History.
Electronic Access
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Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | [[missing key: search.ChildField.HOLDING]] | Status |
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Online Library | E-Book | 377034-1001 | ONLINE | | Elektronik Kütüphane |