Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Abbreviations ix
5. Preface xiii
6. Introduction 1
7. Chapter 1. The Dialectic of Modernism 30
8. Chapter 2. Art and Its Resistance to Society 56
9. Chapter 3. Bertolt Brecht’s California Poetry 79
10. Chapter 4. The Dialectic of Modern Science 105
11. Chapter 5. Epic Theater versus Film Noir 129
12. Chapter 6. California Modern as Immigrant Modernism 148
13. Chapter 7. Between Modernism and Antimodernism 172
14. Chapter 8. Renegade Modernism 197
15. Chapter 9. The Political Battleground of Exile Modernism 223
16. Chapter 10. Evil Germany versus Good Germany 242
17. Chapter 11. A “True Modernist” 265
18. Conclusion: The Weimar Legacy of Los Angeles 289
19. Chronology 301
20. Appendices 309
21. Bibliography 323
22. Index 347