No There There: Race, Class, and Political Community in Oakland [Hardcover]

Chris Rhomberg (Author)

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Hardcover: 328 pages
Publisher: University of California Press; 1 edition (Feb 17 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0520236181
ISBN-13: 978-0520236189
Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
Shipping Weight: 703 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,318,639 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Challenged by Ku Klux Klan action in the '20s, labor protests culminating in a general strike in the '40s, and the rise of the civil rights and black power struggles of the '60s, Oakland, California, seems to encapsulate in one city the broad and varied sweep of urban social movements in twentieth-century America. Taking Oakland as a case study of urban politics and society in the United States, Chris Rhomberg examines the city's successive episodes of popular insurgency for what they can tell us about critical discontinuities in the American experience of urban political community.

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"This sophisticated account of a remarkable city's coalitions and conflicts over half a century is an outstanding contribution to urban history and political analysis. Clearly written and amply supplied with good stories, the book will interest students of urban history, social movements, and American political change."--Charles Tilly, author of Durable Inequality

"An altogether exemplary book. Rhomberg uses a combination of traditional class analysis, an institutional perspective on urban politics, and social movement theory to fashion a rich and persuasive account of the history of urban political conflict in Oakland between 1920-1975. In combining these strands of theory and research, he has also given us a model for the kind of dynamic, historically grounded political sociology that has been sadly missing in recent years."--Doug McAdam, author of Freedom Summer

"Race, class, and local politics are key components of America's social fabric. On the basis of his outstanding scholarly research, Rhomberg examines the complex web of their interaction by focusing on one of the most conflicted urban scenes: Oakland, California; and taking a historical perspective on the evolving pattern of power struggles. This book will become required reading for students of urban politics."--Manuel Castells, author of The Rise of the Network Society

"No There There combines a sophisticated interpretation of political and sociological urban theory with rigorous historical research. . . An important and stimulating book." -Joseph A. Rodriguez, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Western Historical Quarterly

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On the night of May 5, 1922, a crowd of some fifteen hundred men wearing white robes and masks gathered silently in a valley in the hills above Oakland, California. Read the first page

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