Alien neighbors, foreign friends
Subtitle: Asian Americans, housing, and the transformation of urban California
By: Charlotte Brooks.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 329
ISBN-13: 9780226075976
Subjects: Discrimination in housing -- California -- History -- 20th century; Asian Americans -- Housing -- California -- History -- 20th century; Metropolitan areas -- California -- History -- 20th century; Asian Americans -- Public opinion -- California -- History -- 20th century; Political culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Description: Between the early 1900s and the late 1950s, the attitudes of white Californians toward their Asian American neighbours evolved from outright hostility to relative acceptance. Brooks examines this transformation through the lens of California's urban housing markets.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.