Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Map of Northern California xiv
5. INTRODUCTION 1
6. PART I BEGINNINGS
7. 1 Claiming Space, Imagining Community 20
8. 2 Racial Crossroads 65
9. 3 A Lettuce Metropolis 103
10. PART II TRANSITIONS
11. 4 The Ins and Outs of Race Relations 124
12. 5 Labor Battles 153
13. 6 War and Its Aftermath 189
14. PART III ACCOMMODATIONS
15. 7 Expansion, Activism, and Civil Rights 240
16. 8 Politics and Empowerment in a New Era 277
17. 9 Agricultural and Urban 323
18. Appendix 353
19. Notes 361
20. Index 419