the nation’s most underappreciated neighborhoods. From its wild swings through vice and repression, surprising presence at the heart of the domestic Cold War, unique role as the locale where today’s transgender movement began out of a strange mix of federal antipoverty programs and faith-based political organizing, and as the landing pad for refugees from U.S. wars in Southeast Asia, San Francisco’s Tenderloin is an historic neighborhood whose stories unfold at an astonishing pace. Shaw’s thoroughly documented and profusely illustrated work will be a basic resource for scholars and urban investigators for years to come." —Chris Carlsson, co-director Shaping San Francisco, editor of Reclaiming San Francisco and Ten Years That Shook the City: San Francisco 1968-78 Beyond the Fields Described by UFW community and labor organizer Fred Ross, Jr. as a "powerful and moving account of how the UFW transformed people's lives, instilling a lifetime commitment to social justice, Beyond the Fields: Cesar Chavez, the UFW and the Struggle for Justice in the 21st Century also traces the roots of Barack Obama's 2008 election outreach model to the UFW campaigns of the 1960s and 1970s, and the electoral strategies that UFW alumni brought with them to 21st-century campaigns. Reclaiming America Reclaiming America: Nike, Clean Air, and the New National Activism (UC Press 1999) argued that local activists needed to also focus on the national issues that increasingly shape local communities. Medea Benjamin, political activist and co-director of Global Exchange, said of the book, "Randy Shaw provides the definitive account of the historic national campaign to reform Nike's labor practices. Reclaiming America is a must read for everyone seeking to achieve greater social and economic fairness in the 21st century." The Activist's Handbook: A Primer for the 1990s and Beyond A guide to making social change happen, The Activist's Handbook: A Primer for the 1990s and Beyond(UC Press: 1996, 2001, 2013) is described by Howard Zinn as "enormously valuable for anyone interested in social change. It is practical in its advice, and inspiring in its stories of ordinary people successfully confronting powerful interests." The Activist's Handbook, 2nd ed.: Winning Social Change in the 21st Century A completely revised and updated edition of the original book, it brings the principles of activism into the Obama era. The book describes the tactics and strategies of immigrant rights, marriage equality, and other movements that grew in strength in the 21st century. This handbook is a