My blue heaven
Subtitle: life and politics in the working-class suburbs of Los Angeles, 1920-1965
By: Becky M. Nicolaides.
Series: Historical studies of urban America
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 412
Subjects: Working class -- California -- South Gate.; South Gate (Calif.) -- Social conditions.; South Gate (Calif.) -- Economic conditions.; South Gate (Calif.) -- Politics and government.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-399) and index.
Table of contents: title: Building independence in suburbia; title: Peopling the suburb; title: The texture of everyday life; title: The politics of independence; title: "A beautiful place"; title: The suburban good life arrives; title: The racializing of local politics; title: South Gate weave (photo essay).