Making Labor and Working-Class History in Los Angeles
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12793025 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tobias Higbie (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 6-9 |
| Publication date | 2021-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Labor Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1547-6715 • E-ISSN: 1558-1454 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/15476715-8767302 |
| OpenAlex | W3138029743 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
Research Article| March 01 2021 Making Labor and Working-Class History in Los Angeles Tobias Higbie Tobias Higbie TOBIAS HIGBIE is professor of history and Labor Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is also the chair of Labor Studies and associate director of the Institute for Research on Labor & Employment at UCLA. Higbie is the author of Labor’s Mind: An Intellectual History of the Working Class (2019), Indispensable Outcasts: Hobo Workers and Community in the American Midwest, 1880–1930 (2003), and articles on migration, print culture, working-class education, and robots. Higbie also serves as contributing editor for contemporary affairs at Labor. He holds a PhD in history from the University of Illinois and is a member of the American Federation of Teachers. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Labor (2021) 18 (1): 6–9. https://doi.org/10.1215/15476715-8767302 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter Email Permissions Search Site Citation Tobias Higbie; Making Labor and Working-Class History in Los Angeles. Labor 1 March 2021; 18 (1): 6–9. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/15476715-8767302 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter Books & JournalsAll JournalsLabor Search Advanced Search In November 2019, Los Angeles labor unions, immigrant community organizations, and Democratic elected officials gathered to celebrate the political transformation of their state. Twenty-five years earlier, California voters overwhelmingly supported Proposition 187, a ballot initiative that aimed to deny social services, healthcare, and public education to undocumented immigrants. Embraced by the faltering reelection campaign of Republican governor Pete Wilson, Prop 187 generated ugly and xenophobic campaign rhetoric that anthropologist Leo Chavez dubbed “the Latino threat narrative.”1 Although a federal judge struck down the law, Prop 187 soon generated a progressive backlash. California’s growing number of Latinx voters swung hard to the Democrats, driving the GOP into the political wilderness. As of 2020, prolabor and pro-immigrant Democrats hold all statewide offices and proudly claim the mantle of the anti-Trump resistance.The election of Donald Trump in 2016 may yet prove to... © 2021 by Labor and Working-Class History Association2021 You do not currently have access to this content
Citation · Icon · Labor history · Labor relations · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Working class · Computer Science · History · Latin American and Latino Studies · Law · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
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