Making Lemonade out of Lemons
Subtitle: Mexican American Labor and Leisure in a California Town 1880-1960 (Statue of Liberty Ellis Island)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: June 5, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780252030819
Subjects: American history; Work & labour; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Social Science; Ethnic Issues; Sociology; California; Mexico; Ethnic Studies - Hispanic American Studies; Social History; United States - State & Local - West; Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies; United States - 20th Century; Agricultural laborers; Corona; History; Mexican Americans; Social conditions
First sentence: When Corona, California, celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 1936, the opening event of the five-day celebration was a lavish pageant portraying the town's history from the time of its founding.