Racial Fault Lines: The Historical Origins of White Supremacy in California

Introduction
	THE VARIETIES OF RACIALIZED EXPERIENCES
	THE MASTER NARRATIVE OF “WHITE SUPREMACY”
	RACIALIZATION AND THE CONTESTATION OF RACIAL STATUS
	THE WHITE MAN’S BURDEN AND ENTITLEMENT IN CALIFORNIA
1. “We Desire Only a White Population in California”\" The Transformation of Mexican California in Historical-Sociological Perspective
	RACIALIZATION AND WHITE SUPREMACY IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
	THE PEOPLING OF ANGLO CALIFORNIA, 1848-1900
	THE CAPITALIST TRANSFORMATION OF MEXICAN CALIFORNIA
	\"MANIFEST DESTINY\" AND THE “FREE LABOR IDEOLOGY”
	THE “BANEFUL INFLUENCE” OF NONWHITE LABOR IN CALIFORNIA
	NEUTRALIZING THE PRESENCE OF BLACKS IN ANGLO CALIFORNIA
PART ONE: RACIAL AMIBIGUITIES, CLASS REALITIES, AND \"HALF CIVILIZED\" MEXICANS IN ANGLO CALIFORNIA
	2. “The True Significance of the Word ‘White’ ”
		THE CLASS STRUCTURE OF MEXICAN SOCIETY IN ALTA CALIFORNIA
		RACIALIZED IMAGES OF MEXICAN “GREASERS” AND THE “GENTE DE RAZON”
		THE PRIVILEGED POLITICAL STATUS OF MEXICANS IN ANGLO CALIFORNIA
		EUROPEAN-AMERICAN AMBIVALENCE TOWARD MEXICAN ASSIMILATION
		THE CLASS AND GENDERED REPRESENTATIONS OF MEXICANS IN ANGLO CALIFORNIA
		AT THE BORDERS OF HEATHENISM AND SAVAGERY
		DISPLACING THE ANACHRONISTIC MEXICAN RANCHERO CLASS
		THE PROLETARIANIZATION AND STRUCTURAL SUBORDINATION OF THE MEXICAN WORKING CLASS
		CONCLUSION
	3. “The Ravages of Time and the Intrusion of Modern American Civilization”
		THE MEXICAN TOWNSHIP OF SAN BUENAVENTURA BEFORE 1860
		THE DISPLACEMENT OF THE MEXICAN RANCHERO CLASS IN VENTURA COUNTY
		UNDERMINING THE POLITICAL INFLUENCE OF THE RANCHERO CLASS IN VENTURA COUNTY
		THE CLOSING OF ONE ERA AND THE DAWNING OF A NEW
		THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE AND THE TRANSITIONAL ROLE OF THE SHEEP INDUSTRY
		AGRIBUSINESS ELITES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE
		RACIAL STATUS AND CLASS POSITION IN THE LOCAL ECONOMY
		CONCLUSION
PART TWO: WHITE CIVILIZATION\'S CRUSADE AGAINST THE \"DEVILS OF THE FOREST\"
	4. “Before the March of Civilization He Must Give Way”
		SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF PRE-CONQUEST INDIAN SOCIETY
		THE RACIAL DEMONIZATION OF THE CALIFORNIA INDIANS
		UPROOTING THE TRADITIONAL INDIAN MODE OF SUBSISTENCE
		THE WHITE MASCULINIST ASSAULT ON THE CALIFORNIA INDIANS
		CONCLUSION
	5. “Unfit and Incapable of Being Associated with Whites on Any Terms of Equality”
		THE SUBORDINATE POLITICAL STATUS OF INDIANS IN ANGLO CALIFORNIA
		THE IGNOMINIOUS VAGRANCY LAW AND INDENTURE ACT OF 1850
		THE BRIEF REPRISE OF INDIAN KIDNAPPING AND SUBJUGATION INTO SLAVERY
		THE DEMISE OF INDIANS AS A “USEFUL CLASS” IN CALIFORNIA
		INDIAN REMOVAL AND SEGREGATION ONTO FEDERAL RESERVATIONS
		CONCLUSION
PART THREE: RACIALIZED CLASS CONFLICT AND ASIAN IMMIGRANTS IN ANGLO CALIFORNIA
	6. “They Can Be Hired in Masses; They Can Be Managed and Controlled like Unthinking Slaves”
		THE UNWELCOME ARRIVAL OF “JOHN CHINAMAN”
		THE “DAMNING INFLUENCE” OF THE “HEATHEN CHINEE”
		GENDERED AND SEXUALIZED REPRESENTATIONS OF CHINESE IMMIGRANTS
		THE SUBORDINATE POLITICAL STATUS OF THE CHINESE IN ANGLO CALIFORNIA
		THE CLASS BASIS OF ANTI-CHINESE SENTIMENT IN CALIFORNIA
		THE CLASS NATURE OF ANTI-CHINESE SENTIMENT IN RURAL CALIFORNIA
		RACIALIZED CLASS RELATIONS IN URBAN MANUFACTURING
		THE STATUS OF CHINESE WOMEN IN URBAN CALIFORNIA
		WHITE WORKING-CLASS CLAIMS TO RACIAL ENTITLEMENT
		CONCLUSION
	7. “In the Hands of People Whose Experience Has Been Only to Obey a Master Rather than Think and Manage for Themselves”
		IN THE WAKE OF ANTI-CHINESE HYSTERIA AND WHITE WORKING-CLASS RACISM
		AGRIBUSINESS INTERESTS AND THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY OF OXNARD
		PRELUDE TO THE STRIKE OF 1903
		THE ORGANIZATION OF THE JAPANESE-MEXICAN LABOR ASSOCIATION
		THE CALAMITOUS SUGAR BEET WORKERS’ STRIKE
		IMPLICATIONS OF THE OXNARD STRIKE FOR ORGANIZED WHITE LABOR
		DIFFERENTIAL RACIALIZATION AND THE SOCIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE OXNARD STRIKE
Epilogue
	RACE, CLASS, AND GENDER IN CALIFORNIA HISTORY
	AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND THE HISTORICITY OF “RACE”
Notes
	Introduction
	1. “We Desire Only a White Population in California”\" The Transformation of Mexican California in Historical-Sociological Perspective
	2. “The True Significance of the Word ‘White’ ”
	3. “The Ravages of Time and the Intrusion of Modern American Civilization”
	4. “Before the March of Civilization He Must Give Way”
	5. “Unfit and Incapable of Being Associated with Whites on Any Terms of Equality”
	6. “They Can Be Hired in Masses; They Can Be Managed and Controlled like Unthinking Slaves”
	7. “In the Hands of People Whose Experience Has Been Only to Obey a Master Rather than Think and Manage for Themselves”
	Epilogue