Sunshine Was Never Enough - Los Angeles Workers, 1880-2010 (Paperback)

Delving beneath Southern CaliforniaOCOs popular image as a sunny frontier of leisure and ease, this book tells the dynamic story of the life and labor of Los AngelesOCOs 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 CaliforniaOCOs climate, open spaces, and bucolic character offered to generations of newcomers. At the same time, he demonstrates thatOCoin terms of wages, hours, and conditions of workOCoL.A. differed very little from AmericaOCOs other industrial cities. Both fast-paced and sophisticated, "Sunshine Was Never Enough "shows how labor in all its guisesOCoblue and white collar, industrial, agricultural, and high techOCoshaped the neighborhoods, economic policies, racial attitudes, and class perceptions of the City of Angels.Laslett explains how, until the 1930s, many of L.A.OCOs workers were under the thumb of the Merchants and Manufacturers Association. This conservative organization kept wages low, suppressed trade unions, and made L.A. into the open shop capital of America. By contrast now, at a time when the AFL-CIO is at its lowest ebbOCoa young generation of Mexican and African American organizers has infused the L.A. movement with renewed strength. These stories of the men and women who pumped oil, loaded ships in San Pedro harbor, built movie sets, assembled aircraft, and in more recent times cleaned hotels and washed cars is a little-known but vital part of Los Angeles history."

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2014
First published:	2012
Authors:	John H.M. Laslett
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	460
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-28219-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Industrial relations & safety > Industrial relations > General Books > History > American history > General Promotions
LSN:	0-520-28219-1
Barcode:	9780520282193

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