LEADER 04727nam 2200961Ia 450 001 9910785518403321 005 20230801224336.0 010 $a1-283-58409-3 010 $a0-520-95387-8 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520953871 035 $a(CKB)2670000000241384 035 $a(EBL)1014242 035 $a(OCoLC)811563670 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000721853 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11464728 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000721853 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10693588 035 $a(PQKB)10055145 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1014242 035 $a(DE-B1597)518832 035 $a(OCoLC)826065118 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520953871 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1014242 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10595412 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL389654 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000241384 100 $a20120531d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSunshine was never enough$b[electronic resource] $eLos Angeles workers, 1880-2010 /$fJohn H.M. Laslett 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (457 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-28219-1 311 $a0-520-27345-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tList of Illustrations --$tPreface and Acknowledgments --$tIntroduction: Scope and Purpose --$tPart One: Under the Thumb of the Open Shop --$tPart Two: Organized Labor comes into its own --$tPart Three: Cultural Change and the Emergence of a new Industrial Order --$tConclusion: Comparative Reflections --$tNotes --$tPrimary Sources --$tIndex 330 $aDelving 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. Both fast-paced and sophisticated, Sunshine Was Never Enough 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. Laslett explains how, until the 1930's, many of L.A.'s 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 ebb-a 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. 606 $aWorking class$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles$xHistory 606 $aLabor$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles$xHistory 606 $aLabor movement$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles$xHistory 610 $aagricultural. 610 $aamerican history. 610 $ablue collar workers. 610 $acalifornia. 610 $aeconomic policies. 610 $aindustrial relations. 610 $aindustrialization. 610 $alabor capitals. 610 $alabor historians. 610 $alabor history. 610 $alabor movements. 610 $alabor types. 610 $alaborers. 610 $alos angeles history. 610 $alos angeles. 610 $amerchants and manufacturers association. 610 $anonfiction. 610 $arace and class. 610 $asan pedro harbor. 610 $asouthern california. 610 $atrade unions. 610 $aunited states. 610 $awages. 610 $awhite collar workers. 610 $awork hours. 610 $aworking class. 610 $aworking conditions. 615 0$aWorking class$xHistory. 615 0$aLabor$xHistory. 615 0$aLabor movement$xHistory. 676 $a331.09794/940904 700 $aLaslett$b John H. M$01039011 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785518403321 996 $aSunshine was never enough$93737507 997 $aUNINA