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From Mission to Microchip: A History of the California Labor Movement
by Fred Glass
Sept. 29, 2026 - Oct. 4, 2026 (class-struggle, silicon-valley-etc)

Glass, F. (2016). From Mission to Microchip: A History of the California Labor Movement. University of California Press.


University of California Press, 2016. 544 pages. Paperback. 0520288416

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Preface: Why California Labor History?

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Preface: Why California Labor History?

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Acknowledgments

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Acknowledgments

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PART I: BEFORE THE BEGINNING

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PART I: BEFORE THE BEGINNING

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1. Where in California Is Its Labor History?

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1. Where in California Is Its Labor History?

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2. On a Mission: How Work Destroyed Native California

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2. On a Mission: How Work Destroyed Native California

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PART II: EARLY DAYS

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PART II: EARLY DAYS

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3. Striking Gold

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3. Striking Gold

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4. “All That Is Solid Melts into Air”: Gold Rush San Francisco

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4. “All That Is Solid Melts into Air”: Gold Rush San Francisco

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5. Work, Leisure, and the Struggle for the Eight-Hour Day

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5. Work, Leisure, and the Struggle for the Eight-Hour Day

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6. Sandlots and Silver Kings: The Workingmen’s Party of California

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6. Sandlots and Silver Kings: The Workingmen’s Party of California

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7. Building Paradise: The Making of the Los Angeles Working Class

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7. Building Paradise: The Making of the Los Angeles Working Class

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8. Newspapers, Railroads, and the Los Angeles Labor Movement

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8. Newspapers, Railroads, and the Los Angeles Labor Movement

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9. Land, Machines, and Farm Labor

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9. Land, Machines, and Farm Labor

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10. The Oxnard Sugar Beet Workers Strike

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10. The Oxnard Sugar Beet Workers Strike

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PART III: FROM PRIDE OF CRAFT TO INDUSTRIAL UNIONISM

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PART III: FROM PRIDE OF CRAFT TO INDUSTRIAL UNIONISM

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11. Building San Francisco

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11. Building San Francisco

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12. Organizing San Francisco

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12. Organizing San Francisco

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13. Carmen, Women, and Their Unions

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13. Carmen, Women, and Their Unions

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14. Otistown: Los Angeles at the Turn of the Century

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14. Otistown: Los Angeles at the Turn of the Century

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15. Almost Mayor: Bombs, Ballots, and Fusion Politics

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15. Almost Mayor: Bombs, Ballots, and Fusion Politics

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16. Open Shop: California Workers in the Jazz Age

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16. Open Shop: California Workers in the Jazz Age

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PART IV: DIVISIONS IN THE GROWING HOUSE OF LABOR

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PART IV: DIVISIONS IN THE GROWING HOUSE OF LABOR

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17. Radical Responses to the Great Depression

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17. Radical Responses to the Great Depression

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18. The San Francisco General Strike

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18. The San Francisco General Strike

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19. The CIO: Civil War and Civil Rights

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19. The CIO: Civil War and Civil Rights

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20. Arsenal of Democracy: Integrating Industrial California during World War II

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20. Arsenal of Democracy: Integrating Industrial California during World War II

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21. “We Called It a Work Holiday”: The Oakland General Strike

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21. “We Called It a Work Holiday”: The Oakland General Strike

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22. Hollywood to Bakersfield: Poverty in the Valley of Plenty

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22. Hollywood to Bakersfield: Poverty in the Valley of Plenty

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PART V: THE ERA OF BUSINESS UNIONISM

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PART V: THE ERA OF BUSINESS UNIONISM

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23. Cold War Prosperity: Labor Becomes “Middle Class”

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23. Cold War Prosperity: Labor Becomes “Middle Class”

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24. Labor and Politics

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24. Labor and Politics

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25. “Sí Se Puede”: The United Farm Workers

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25. “Sí Se Puede”: The United Farm Workers

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26. The Rise of Public Sector Unionism

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26. The Rise of Public Sector Unionism

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27. Creating the Conditions for Teaching and Learning to Happen

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27. Creating the Conditions for Teaching and Learning to Happen

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28. Feminist Collective Bargaining Meets the Civil Service

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28. Feminist Collective Bargaining Meets the Civil Service

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PART VI: REINVENTING CALIFORNIA LABOR

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PART VI: REINVENTING CALIFORNIA LABOR

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29. The Decline of Manufacturing Unionism

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29. The Decline of Manufacturing Unionism

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30. Justice for Janitors: Organizing Immigrant Workers

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30. Justice for Janitors: Organizing Immigrant Workers

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31. Teachers, Nurses, and Firefighters: The Alliance for a Better California

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31. Teachers, Nurses, and Firefighters: The Alliance for a Better California

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32. Labor and the Community: Reclaiming California’s Future

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32. Labor and the Community: Reclaiming California’s Future

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Afterword: A Place in the Sun

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Afterword: A Place in the Sun

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