paperback, 9 x 11, 176 pages, with more than 100 color plates
ISBN: 978-1-890771-67-6
$35.00
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paperback, 9 x 11, 176 pages, with more than 100 color plates ISBN: 978-1-890771-67-6 $35.00 At Work: The Art of California Labor
Edited by Mark Dean Johnson; Foreword by Gray Brechin; Afterword by Tillie Olsen
At Work: The Art of California Labor delivers a powerful examination of labor history in California since the turn of the twentieth century. This is a visual journey that follows early events and conditions, from the rise of statewide organized labor to the changing demographics of the wartime workforce; from the zenith of the California Labor School to the farm workers' movement; from the disenfranchisement of workers in the service economy to the potent effects of globalization felt at the end of the twentieth century. This compilation of images provides a heady insight into one of the most fundamental components of our daily lives and shows how our collective identity has evolved over time. Reviews "[A] ravishing new book."—David Kipen, San Francisco Chronicle "Some of the best work-related art the state has to offer."—Hiya Swanhuyser, SF Weekly About the Editor Mark Dean Johnson is a professor of art at San Francisco State University. He is co-author of Chang Dai-chien in California and Brian Tripp. Gray Brechin is a professor of geography at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of Farewell, Promised Land (with Robert Dawson) and Imperial San Francisco: Urban Power, Earthly Ruin. Tillie Olsen was one of the first American writers to make labor and the hardships of everyday people a subject for high tragedy. She is the author of Tell Me a Riddle, Yonnondio, and Silences. |
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