Lionel Rolfe and Paul Greenstein discuss their book, “Bread & Hyacinths.” Rolfe begins by explaining that the book is about the founding of Los Angeles and the rise of the labor movement in the 1880s. He talks about how General Harrison Otis wanted to keep labor unions out of the city. He describes the conspiracy surrounding the bombing of the Los Angeles Times building. Greenstein talks about how leader Job Harrison founded the socialist group, The Llano Colony. He describes how he and the other co-authors of the book divided up tasks to write about. He ends the interview by talking about his interests in the Llano colony and labor movements.
Harriman, Job, 1861-1925 Llano Colony (Secular community) - History Otis, Harrison Gray, 1837-1917 City planning - California - Los Angeles - History Los Angeles (Calif.) - History - 20th century Los Angeles (Calif.) - Politics and government
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U-matic tape: Date on case spine: 11/5. Date on case front cover: 9/5/92.
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