This volume of recent "Signs" articles offers some of the most significant contributions to the debates on history and theory. Illustrating the uses of theories in recent feminist historical research and the often contentious arguments that surround them, the articles speak to a number of discussion[...]

Delving beneath Southern California's popular image as a sunny frontier of leisure and ease, this book tells the story of the life and labor of Los Angeles' large working class. It shows how labor in its guises - blue and white collar, industrial, agricultural, and economic policies, racial attitude[...]