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Contents Acknowledgments vii Abbreviations xi Introduction: Clinton Jencks, Mine-Mill, and Biography as History xiii Part I. Years of Preparation: Roots of Radicalism 1. Growing Up Concerned: Childhood, Family, and the Formation of a Value System, 1918–1939 3 2. The World of Work and New Opportunities for Social Action: Living Faith, 1939–1945 21 Part II. Building for the Future: Envisioning a New World 3. Coming Home: Veterans Advocacy and Renewed Political Commitment 35 4. Mine-Mill and Social Change: Economic Progress, Mexican American Activism, and Social Justice, 1945–1947 45 Part III. Cold War Unionism: Progressives on Defense 5. Mobilizing for Mass Action: Social and Political Initiatives, 1948–1950 65 6. The Moment of Decision: The Empire Zinc Strike, Grassroots Feminism, and Mexican American Liberation, 1950–1953 91 7. Telling the Story: Salt of the Earth as a Medium of Communication 113 Lorence_Palomino.indd 5 2/19/13 12:12 PM Part IV. A Time of Peril: Public Exposure 8. Confronting Domestic Anti-Communism: The Jencks Case, Civil Liberties, and the Law, 1953–1957 133 9. The Web of Consequences: Life after Mine-Mill 159 Epilogue: A Reflection on the Committed Life 193 Notes 203 Bibliography 241 Index 255 Illustrations follow page 130 Lorence_Palomino.indd 6 2/19/13 12:12 PM ...