''The Indispensable Enemy: Labor and the Anti-Chinese Movement in California'' () is a 1975 labor and

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which became one of the founding texts of Asian American studies. The book has been described as "represent ngthe best example of writing in the historical materialist tradition within Asian American Studies" and " e model of historical writing" that discusses both the "history of workers and racism", both interracial "unity ''but also the limits of that unity.''"David Roediger, "History Making and Politics", ''International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society'', v.2, n.3, pp.371-372 (emphasis in the original).

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* Alexander Saxton
"The Indispensable Enemy and Ideological Construction: Reminiscences of an Octogenarian Radical"
''Amerasia Journal'', v.26, n.1, pp. 86–101 (2000). * R. W. Rydell, "Grand Crossings: The Life and Work of Alexander Saxton", ''Pacific Historical Review'' (2004) 1971 non-fiction books 1974 books Anti-Chinese sentiment in the United States Chinese-American culture in California History books about the United States Asian-American history of California American studies Asian studies Social history of California Labor history of California Historiography of California History of racism in California Books about labour {{labor-book-stub

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