Making a Non-White America: Californians Coloring outside Ethnic Lines, 1925-1955
"The stories in Varzally's book are great, and they drive the analysis, which really does tell us a lot about how people form interracial relationships and how interethnic coalitions–indeed, how races–are formed in the everyday reality of people's experiences." –Paul Spickard, author ofAlmost All Aliens: Immigration, Race, and Colonialism in American History and Identity"Most important among its contributions, this book points towards a broad reconceptualization of America's past that incorporates the various cultural communities of the United States, not as subordinate actors in an Anglo-centric narrative, but as equal participants in our nation's history." –Mark Wild, author ofStreet Meeting: Multiethnic Neighborhoods in Early Twentieth Century Los Angeles