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Witnesses to the struggle : imaging the 1930s California labor movement / Anne Loftis.
- Title
- Witnesses to the struggle : imaging the 1930s California labor movement / Anne Loftis.
- Author
- Loftis, Anne, 1922-
- Publication
- Reno, Nev. : University of Nevada Press, c1998.
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| Text | Request in advance | HD5325.A29 L64 1998x | Off-site |
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- Description
- xii, 239 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Summary
- In Witnesses to the Struggle, Anne Loftis focuses on the work and activities of John Steinbeck, Carey McWilliams, Paul Taylor, and Dorothea Lange, who brought the story of California's labor struggles to the rest of the country. The realism and documentary expression of their art grew out of their personal involvement in the problems of society, and Loftis explores the lasting influence of their work as well as its remarkably immediate impact. One of Steinbeck's unintended legacies was his treatment of California farm workers as victims - the simple pawns of larger forces. In her study, Loftis reveals that the workers were not victims, but rather the strong and resourceful creators of their own histories.
- Subject
- Geschichte 1930-1940
- 1900-1999
- Strikes and lockouts > Historiography. > California > 20th century
- Strikes and lockouts > Press coverage > United States
- Strikes and lockouts in literature
- Performing arts > United States > Plots, themes, etc
- Agricultural laborers > California > Public opinion
- Public opinion > United States
- Genre/Form
- collective biographies.
- Biographies
- History
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 1. Shadows in the Land of Sunshine -- 2. The Strikes, the Partisans, and the Press -- 3. Arbitration and Analysis -- 4. "A Wildly Stirring Story": Steinbeck's Interpretation -- 5. The Conversion of Carey McWilliams -- 6. Raids and Reaction -- 7. The Trial -- 8. Literary Repercussions -- 9. Following the Forgotten Americans -- 10. Paul Taylor Finds a Photographer -- 11. The Road to The Grapes of Wrath -- 12. Voices from the Battlements -- 13. "Something Must Be Done, and Done Soon!" -- 14. Aftermath.
- ISBN
- 0874173051 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^^97022379^
- OCLC
- 37213510
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library