03466nam 2200685 450 991046692260332120200520144314.00-8165-3235-4(CKB)3790000000033287(EBL)3440644(SSID)ssj0001533161(PQKBManifestationID)12551705(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001533161(PQKBWorkID)11476705(PQKB)11410057(MiAaPQ)EBC3440644(OCoLC)918594822(MdBmJHUP)muse46153(Au-PeEL)EBL3440644(CaPaEBR)ebr11090092(CaONFJC)MIL823280(EXLCZ)99379000000003328720150824h20152015 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrShameful victory the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Red Scare, and the hidden history of Chavez Ravine /John H. M. LaslettTucson, Arizona :The University of Arizona Press,2015.©20151 online resource (232 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8165-0086-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Building a unique barrio -- Mexicans on the hilltop : gaining a foothold, 1830-1929 -- Prelude to a crisis : race, patriotism, and public housing in depression and war, 1929-1949 -- Public housing, evictions, and the impact of the Red Scare -- Struggling to keep our homes : the evictions crisis, 1950-1952 -- Political consequences : the defeat of public housing and the triumph of corporate modernism, 1950-1953 -- Building Dodger Stadium -- L.A. pursues the Brooklyn Dodgers, 1957-1959 -- Dodger success and the history of minority displacement in Los Angeles, 1870-1990 -- Chavez Ravine in the light of subsequent history -- Have LA's urban renewal policies been adequately reformed? -- Chavez Ravine's cultural legacy."The book offers a history of Chavez Ravine with special attention to the period after World War II to the early 1960's, studying Los Angeles and its political structure, the contractions in policies around public housing, the impact on Mexican Americans, and the building of Dodger Stadium and the arrival of the team to Chavez Ravine"--Provided by publisher.Public housingCaliforniaLos AngelesMexican AmericansCaliforniaLos AngelesHistory20th centuryHispanic American neighborhoodsCaliforniaLos AngelesHistory20th centuryLand useCaliforniaLos AngelesHistory20th centuryMexican AmericansCaliforniaLos AngelesSocial conditionsChávez Ravine (Los Angeles, Calif.)History20th centuryLos Angeles (Calif.)Politics and government20th centuryLos Angeles (Calif.)Race relationsHistory20th centuryElectronic books.Public housingMexican AmericansHistoryHispanic American neighborhoodsHistoryLand useHistoryMexican AmericansSocial conditions.979.4/94Laslett John H. M.1039011MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910466922603321Shameful victory2460907UNINA