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Right Out of California: the 1930s and Big Business Roots Modern Conservatism
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Right Out of California: the 1930s and Big Business Roots Modern Conservatism
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Right Out of California: the 1930s and Big Business Roots Modern Conservatism
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In a reassessment of modern conservatism, noted historian Kathryn S. Olmsted reexamines the explosive labor disputes in the agricultural fields of Depression-era California, the cauldron that inspired a generation of artists and writers and triggered the intervention of FDR's New Deal.
, which received a full-page review in the
when it was published in hardcover, tells how this brief moment of upheaval terrified business leaders into rethinking their relationship to American politics—a narrative that pits a ruthless generation of growers against a passionate cast of reformers, writers, and revolutionaries.
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—
is a fresh and profoundly relevant touchstone for anyone seeking to understand the roots of our current predicament.