Title A world of its own : race, labor, and citrus in the making of Greater Los Angeles, 1900-1970 / Matt García

Published Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina Press, ©2001

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 330 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Studies in rural culture Studies in rural culture. Contents The ideal country life : the development of citrus suburbs in southern California -- The "colonia complex" revisited : racial hierarchies and border spaces in the citrus belt, 1917-1926 -- Friends of the Mexicans? Mexican immigration and the politics of social reform -- Just put on that Padua Hills smile : the Mexican Players and the Padua Hills Theatre, 1931-1974 -- Citrus in the war years : gender, citizenship, and labor, 1940-1964 -- Memories of El Monte : dance halls and youth culture in greater Los Angeles, 1950-1974 -- Sol y sombra : the limits of intercultural activism in post-citrus greater Los Angeles Summary Tracing the history of intercultural struggle and cooperation in the citrus belt of Greater Los Angeles, Matt Garcia explores the social and cultural forces that helped make the city the expansive and diverse metropolis that it is today. Unlike other agricultural regions, Los Angeles saw important opportunities for intercultural exchange develop around the arts and within multi-ethnic community groups; these inter-ethnic encounters formed the basis for political cooperation to address labour discrimination and solve problems of residential and educational segregation Bibliography Includes bibliographical references ([305]-321) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Mexican Americans -- California -- Los Angeles Region -- Social conditions -- 20th century White people -- California -- Los Angeles Region -- Social conditions -- 20th century Agricultural laborers -- California -- Los Angeles Region -- Social conditions -- 20th century Citrus fruit industry -- Social aspects -- California -- Los Angeles Region -- History -- 20th century Community development -- California -- Los Angeles Region -- History -- 20th century Intercultural communication -- California -- Los Angeles Region -- History -- 20th century Mexican Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Social conditions -- 20th century White people -- California -- Los Angeles -- Social conditions -- 20th century Agricultural laborers -- California -- Los Angeles -- Social conditions -- 20th century Citrus fruit industry -- Social aspects -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century Community development -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Rural. Agricultural laborers -- Social conditions Citrus fruit industry -- Social aspects Community development Economic history Ethnic relations Intercultural communication Mexican Americans -- Social conditions Social conditions White people -- Social condition Landarbeiders. Immigranten. Mexicanen. Agrumes -- Industrie et commerce -- États-Unis -- Los Angeles (Calif. ; agglomération) SUBJECT Los Angeles Region (Calif.) -- Ethnic relations Los Angeles Region (Calif.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century Los Angeles Region (Calif.) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century Subject California -- Los Angeles Region Los Angeles (Calif. ; agglomération) -- Relations interethniques. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2001035879 ISBN 9780807898932 0807898937 9781469604442 1469604442

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