Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; List of Maps; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1. NO THERE THERE: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND URBAN POLITICAL COMMUNITY; 2. CORPORATE POWER AND ETHNIC PATRONAGE: MACHINE POLITICS IN OAKLAND; 3. THE MAKING OF A WHITE MIDDLE CLASS: THE KU KLUX KLAN AND URBAN REFORM; 4. ECONOMIC CRISIS AND CLASS HEGEMONY: THE RULE OF DOWNTOWN; 5. WORKING-CLASS COLLECTIVE AGENCY: THE GENERAL STRIKE AND LABOR INSURGENCY; 6. RECONSTITUTING THE URBAN REGIME: REDEVELOPMENT AND THE CENTRAL CITY; 7. BUREAUCRATIC INSULATION AND RACIAL CONFLICT: THE CHALLENGE OF BLACK POWER.