Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Acknowledgments IX
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. WORKERS IN CALIFORNIA BEFORE I9OO
6. 1. Brutal Appetites 29
7. 2. Chinese Livelihood in Rural California 57
8. 2. WORKERS AND GROUP IDENTITY
9. 3. Dishing It Out 85
10. 4. Okies and the Politics of Plain-Folk Americanism 116
11. 5. James v. Marinship 159
12. 3. WORKERS ON STRIKE
13. 6. Racial Domination and Class Conflict in Capitalist Agriculture 183
14. 7. Raiz Fuerte 208
15. 8. The Big Strike 225
16. 9. A Promise Fulfilled 265
17. 4. WORKERS AND POLITICS
18. 10. To Save the Republic 287
19. 11. Reform, Utopia, and Racism 311
20. 12. Mobilizing the Homefront 344
21. 5. WORKERS IN POST-WORLD WAR II CALIFORNIA
22. 13. Cesar Chavez and the Unionization of California Farmworkers 371
23. 14. Why Aren't High-Tech Workers Organized? 405
24. 15. Fontana 433
25. Contributors 489
26. Credits 491