Title Shameful victory : the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Red Scare, and the hidden history of Chavez Ravine / John H.M. Laslett

Published Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource Contents Building a unique barrio -- Mexicans on the hilltop : gaining a foothold, 1830-1929 -- Prelude to a crisis : race, patriotism, and public housing in depression and war, 1929-1949 -- Public housing, evictions, and the impact of the Red Scare -- Struggling to keep our homes : the evictions crisis, 1950-1952 -- Political consequences : the defeat of public housing and the triumph of corporate modernism, 1950-1953 -- Building Dodger Stadium -- L.A. pursues the Brooklyn Dodgers, 1957-1959 -- Dodger success and the history of minority displacement in Los Angeles, 1870-1990 -- Chavez Ravine in the light of subsequent history -- Have LA's urban renewal policies been adequately reformed? -- Chavez Ravine's cultural legacy Summary "The book offers a history of Chavez Ravine with special attention to the period after World War II to the early 1960s, studying Los Angeles and its political structure, the contractions in policies around public housing, the impact on Mexican Americans, and the building of Dodger Stadium and the arrival of the team to Chavez Ravine"--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- History -- 20th century SUBJECT Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles, Calif.) fast (OCoLC)fst00657032 Subject Mexican Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Social conditions Mexican Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century Land use -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century Hispanic American neighborhoods -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century Public housing -- California -- Los Angeles SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. Hispanic American neighborhoods. Land use. Mexican Americans. Mexican Americans -- Social conditions. Politics and government. Public housing. Race relations. SUBJECT Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century Chávez Ravine (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- History -- 20th century Subject California -- Los Angeles. California -- Los Angeles -- Chávez Ravine. Genre/Form History. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780816532353 0816532354

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