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Contents
Antecedents of the Labor Movement | 1 |
Labor Ventures into Politics | 13 |
Genesis of the Labor Movement 1 The Printers Lead the | 32 |
Other Crafts Organize | 42 |
The First Trades Council | 47 |
The Noble Order | 53 |
CHAPTER | 58 |
Union against the Chinese | 60 |
Upheaval on the Labor Front | 331 |
PAGE 1 | 366 |
13 | 387 |
Reactions and Aftermath | 407 |
32 | 417 |
City of the Open Shop | 420 |
47 | 433 |
53 | 434 |
Labor Grows with Los Angeles | 68 |
Trouble on the Water Front | 81 |
Aftermath of the Boom | 88 |
The Big Strike | 104 |
Strength through Unity | 123 |
The Political Dilemma of the Early 1890s | 142 |
On to Washington | 154 |
The Pullman Strike | 159 |
Progress and Decline | 172 |
Reawakening of the Labor Movement | 195 |
Labor and Socialism | 218 |
The Rising Tide of Conflict XVIII Labors Counteroffensive 1 The Quest for Union Recognition | 237 |
New Offensive against the Times | 247 |
Beginning of the Openshop Fight | 256 |
The Davenport Recall | 281 |
The Labor Temple | 287 |
The Los Angeles Examiner 2 Reorganization of the Central Body | 330 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Rise of the Labor Movement in Los Angeles Voices revived |
| Author | Grace Heilman Stimson |
| Publisher | Univ of California Press, 2022 |
| ISBN | 0520349369, 9780520349360 |
| Length | 548 pages |
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