Right Out of California: The 1930s and the Big Business Roots of Modern Conservatism

by Kathryn S. Olmsted

Book Overview

"Olmsted finds in Depression-era California the crucible for strong-arm policies against farm workers that bolstered the conservative movement" (Kirkus Reviews).

At a time when a resurgent immigrant labor movement is making urgent demands on twenty-first-century America--and when a new and virulent strain of right-wing anti-immigrant populism is roiling the political waters--Right Out of California is a fresh...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1620970961
• ISBN13: 9781620970966
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: New Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"