A Political Companion to John Steinbeck

Index

Index 361 “Across the Border” (Springsteen), 257, 259, 261, 262 “Adam Raised a Cain” (Springsteen), 250 Adding Machine, The (Rice), 84 “Affair at &, Rue de M——, The” (Steinbeck ), 311 Agee, James, 56, 57, 60 agribusiness, 20, 24, 36, 271. See also Associated Farmers; corporate farming Albee, George, 120, 123, 126, 218n23 Alexie, Sherman, 68 Alger, Horatio, 271 Algiers, 304 Allee, W. C., 122 Allen Hawley (The Winter of Our Discontent ), 334, 340, 342 America and Americans (Steinbeck), 311, 312, 315–16, 317, 318–19, 320–21, 322; as autobiography, 312, 321; civil rights and, 316; father figures in, 318; identities of Americans in, 318, 319, 320; optimism in, 322 American Legion Radical Research Bureau, 301 Anderson (In Dubious Battle), 126 anticommunism, 133–35 Arkies, 191, 215. See also Okies; migrant workers Arnold, Martin, 51 Arvin Sanitary Camp. See Weedpatch (New Deal camp) Associated Farmers (Associated Farmers of California), 4, 5, 28, 50, 130, 135, 195, 196, 199, 202, 206, 212, 219n31, 220n48, 222n69 Astro, Richard, 102, 104, 123, 139, Atkinson, Brooks, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 89, 90, 91 “Atque Vale” (Steinbeck), 316 Augustine, Saint, 339 authenticity, 89, 148, 162 Autry, Gene, 213 Awake and Sing (Odets), 87 Babb, Sanora, 212 baby, symbolism of. See Lange, Dorthea; individual Steinbeck works Baker, George Pierce, 83 Baker, Mr. (The Winter of Our Discontent ), 337, 339–40 Bakersfield, CA, 202, 204, 205, 207, 208, 215, 223n86 “Balboa Park” (Springsteen), 259 Barry, John D., 194 Batson, C. Daniel, 57 “Battle Hymn of the Republic” (Howe), 63, 65, 176, 185, 274 Benét, William Rose, 119 Benson, Jackson, 51, 122, 126, 128, 129, 135, 193, 218n19, 226n124, 242n1, 243n7, 307n10, 308n13, 312, 313 Bercovitch, Sacvan, 329 Page numbers in italics refer to photographs. 362 Index Berlin, Isaiah, 341 Beskow, Bo, 98, 99 Best Years of Our Lives, The (Wyler), 336 “Better Days” (Springsteen), 255 biblical influences. See individual Steinbeck works Biddle, Francis, 296 Bigsby, C. W. E., 82, 83, 87, 92, 93 biological naturalism. See group-man theory Black Boy (Wright), 59 Bloom, Harold, 51, 146, 147 Bluestone, George, 258, 87n18 Bombs Away (Steinbeck), 296, 298–300; and collective effort, 298–99; as propaganda, 298, 300 Boodin, John Elof, 122 Boren, Lyle, 20 Born in the U.S.A. (Springsteen album and tour), 253, 254–55, 258 “Born in the U.S.A.” (Springsteen song), 251, 253, 258 Born to Run (Springsteen), 252, 289n37 Bound East for Cardiff (O’Neill), 84 Brando, Marlon, 237 Bridges, Harry, 5 “Brilliant Disguise” (Springsteen), 255 Bristol, Horace, 193 Brokaw, Tom, 335 Broussard, Louis, 83, 84 Brown, Mary, 51 Bruce, Virginia, 213 Burke, Barbara, 302 Burning Bright (Steinbeck), 77, 85, 90, 92 Bush, George H. W., 281 Bush, George W., 285n1 Butler, Jeremy G., 239 California Rural Legal Assistance, 261 Campbell, Joseph, 28, 45n37 Camp West Lowe, 199–200. See also Shafter camp Cannery and Agricultural Workers’ Industrial Union, 128 Cannery Row (Steinbeck), 88, 148, 161, 162, 163, 164, 232, 239, 241, 306; family, absence of, 168n40; patriotism in, 164. See also specific characters Cantor, Edie, 213 capitalism, 2, 8, 9, 12, 13, 23, 36, 37, 38, 121, 135, 137, 148, 156–64, 165, 180, 251, 255, 269, 270, 274, 275, 278, 285n1, 299. See also under Steinbeck, John Carpenter, Frederic, 183 Chambers, Pat, 129 Chaplin, Charlie, 217n8 Chaplin, Ralph, 65 CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations ), 199 City of God, The (St. Augustine), 339 Coers, Donald, 297 Cold War, 21, 133, 249. See also Vietnam War; Soviet Union Collier’s, 40 Collins, Tom, 136, 137, 276 Colonel Lanser (The Moon is Down), 297 Commager, Henry Steele, 253 Committee to Aid Agricultural Organization , 192–93, 194, 204, 214. See also Steinbeck Committee communism, 4, 5, 8, 9, 32, 36, 39, 46n63, 65, 119, 121, 123, 124, 126, 127, 128, 129, 131–33, 140, 185, 194, 214, 234, 240, 274, 295–95, 302, 320. See also labor organizing; Lubin Society Conger, Gwyn (Gwen), 295, 303, 305 Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), 199. conservatism. See under The Grapes of Wrath; Springsteen, Bruce; Steinbeck , John Coogan, Michael, 173, 183 Cooper, James Fenimore, 152 corporate farming, 8, 35, 37, 38, 41, 130–31, 135, 136, 138, 140, 156, 157, 158, 198, 225n107, 251, 271, 277. See also agribusiness Costas, Bob, 256 Cotsell, Michael, 83 Covici, Pascal (Pat), 104, 172, 242n1 Cowley, Malcolm, 60, 264n6 Coyotito (The Pearl), 106–11 Index 363 Crawford, Broderick, 90 Crowther, Bosley, 236 cultural change, 39. See...