A world of its own
Subtitle: race, labor, and citrus in the making of Greater Los Angeles, 1900-1970
By: Matt García.
Series: Studies in rural culture
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
Subjects: Mexican Americans -- California -- Los Angeles Region -- Social conditions -- 20th century.; Whites -- 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.; Los Angeles Region (Calif.) -- Ethnic relations.; Los Angeles Region (Calif.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.; Los Angeles Region (Calif.) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references [305]-321) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XIII; title: ABBREVIATIONS XIX; title: INTRODUCTION 1; title: part One; title: 1. THE IDEAL COUNTRY LIFE; title: The Development of Citrus Suburbs in Southern California 17; title: 2. THE "COLONIA COMPLEX" REVISITED; title: Racial Hierarchies and Border Spaces in the Citrus Belt, 1917-1926 47; title: 3. FRIENDS OF THE MEXICANS?; title: Mexican Immigration and the Politics of Social Reform 87; title: 4. JUST PUT ON THAT PADUA HILLS SMILE; title: The Mexican Players and the Padua Hills Theatre, 1931-1974 121; title: Fart Two; title: 5. CITRUS IN THE WAR YEARS; title: Gender, Citizenship, and Labor, 1940-1964 157; title: 6. MEMORIES OF EL MONTE; title: Dance Halls and Youth Culture in Greater Los Angeles, 1950-1974 189; title: 7. SOL Y SOMBRA; title: The Limits of Intercultural Activism in Post-Citrus Greater; title: Los Angeles 223; title: EPILOGUE 257; title: APPENDIX 263; title: NOTES 267; title: BIBLIOGRAPHY 305; title: INDEX 323.