{"product_id":"the-indispensable-enemy-alexander-saxton-9780520029057","title":"The Indispensable Enemy: Labor and the Anti-Chinese Movement in California","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner, Silver Medal, California Book Awards--Commonwealth Club of California\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With a foreword by William Deverell \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Indispensable Enemy\u003c\/i\u003e examines the anti-Chinese confrontation on the Pacific Coast as it was experienced and rationalized by the white majority. Focusing on the Democratic party and the labor movement of California through the forty-year period after the Civil War, Alexander Saxton explores aspects of the Jacksonian background which proves crucial to an understanding of what occurred in California. \u003ci\u003eThe Indispensable Enemy\u003c\/i\u003e looks beyond the turn of the 19th century to trace results of the sequence of events in the West for the labor movement as a whole, influencing events that led to the crystallization of an American concept of national identity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexander Saxton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520029054\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520029057\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/23\/1975\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.24h x 5.49w x 0.82d","brand":"Alexander Saxton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056196972799,"sku":"9780520029057","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c459be12-b873-4faa-9e54-734cc6ee33f7.jpg?v=1685040028","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-indispensable-enemy-alexander-saxton-9780520029057","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}