Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction : Clinton Jencks, Mine-Mill, and biography as history
Years of preparation : roots of radicalism
Growing up concerned : childhood, family, and the formation of a value system, 1918-1939
The world of work and new opportunities for social action : living faith, 1939-1945
Building for the future : envisioning a new world
Coming home : veterans' advocacy and renewed political commitment
Mine-Mill and social change : economic progress, mexican american activism, and social justice, 1945-1947
Cold War unionism : progressives on defense
Mobilizing for mass action : social and political initiatives, 1948-1950
The moment of decision : the empire zinc strike, grass roots feminism, and Mexican American liberation, 1950-1953
Telling the story : Salt of the earth as a medium of communication
A time of peril : public exposure
Confronting domestic anti-communism : the Jencks case, civil liberties, and the law, 1953-1957
The web of consequences : life after Mine-Mill
Epilogue: a reflection on the committed life
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