Radical L.A.: From Coxey's Army to the Watts Riots, 1894-1965

by Errol Wayne Stevens and Stevens

Book Overview

When the depression of the 1890s prompted unemployed workers from Los Angeles to join a nationwide march on Washington, "Coxey's Army" marked the birth of radicalism in that city. In this first book to trace the subsequent struggle between the radical left and L.A.'s power structure, Errol Wayne Stevens tells how both sides shaped the city's character from the turn of the twentieth century through the civil rights era.

On the radical right,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806192186
• ISBN13: 9780806192185
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 386 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"