In a major reassessment of modern conservatism, noted historian Kathryn S. Olmsted reexamines the explosive labor disputes in the agricultural fields of Depress

Gregory reaches into the migrants' lives to reveal both their economic trials and their impact on California's culture and society. He traces the development of

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There is no better time than now to consider the labor history of the Golden State. While other states face declining union enrollment rates and the rollback of

The first comprehensive examination of California''s mid-century modern design, generously illustrated. In 1951, designer Greta Magnusson Grossman observed that