04288nam 2200745Ia 450 991078098080332120220208175908.01-4696-0444-20-8078-9893-7(CKB)2520000000007749(EBL)3039484(SSID)ssj0000431447(PQKBManifestationID)11296555(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000431447(PQKBWorkID)10474651(PQKB)10520841(StDuBDS)EDZ0000865155(OCoLC)609694708(MdBmJHUP)muse28016(Au-PeEL)EBL3039484(CaPaEBR)ebr10367479(CaONFJC)MIL929649(MiAaPQ)EBC3039484(EXLCZ)99252000000000774920010516d2001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA world of its own[electronic resource] race, labor, and citrus in the making of Greater Los Angeles, 1900-1970 /Matt GarcíaChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20011 online resource (353 p.)Studies in rural cultureDescription based upon print version of record.0-8078-4983-9 0-8078-2658-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-321) and index.Machine generated contents note: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XIII -- ABBREVIATIONS XIX -- INTRODUCTION 1 -- part One -- 1. THE IDEAL COUNTRY LIFE -- The Development of Citrus Suburbs in Southern California 17 -- 2. THE "COLONIA COMPLEX" REVISITED -- Racial Hierarchies and Border Spaces in the Citrus Belt, 1917-1926 47 -- 3. FRIENDS OF THE MEXICANS? -- Mexican Immigration and the Politics of Social Reform 87 -- 4. JUST PUT ON THAT PADUA HILLS SMILE -- The Mexican Players and the Padua Hills Theatre, 1931-1974 121 -- Fart Two -- 5. CITRUS IN THE WAR YEARS -- Gender, Citizenship, and Labor, 1940-1964 157 -- 6. MEMORIES OF EL MONTE -- Dance Halls and Youth Culture in Greater Los Angeles, 1950-1974 189 -- 7. SOL Y SOMBRA -- The Limits of Intercultural Activism in Post-Citrus Greater -- Los Angeles 223 -- EPILOGUE 257 -- APPENDIX 263 -- NOTES 267 -- BIBLIOGRAPHY 305 -- INDEX 323.Tracing the history of intercultural struggle and cooperation in the citrus belt of Greater Los Angeles, Matt Garcia explores the social and cultural forces that helped make the city the expansive and diverse metropolis that it is today. Unlike other agricultural regions, Los Angeles saw important opportunities for intercultural exchange develop around the arts and within multi-ethnic community groups; these inter-ethnic encounters formed the basis for political cooperation to address labour discrimination and solve problems of residential and educational segregation.Studies in rural culture.Mexican AmericansCaliforniaLos Angeles RegionSocial conditions20th centuryWhite peopleCaliforniaLos Angeles RegionSocial conditions20th centuryAgricultural laborersCaliforniaLos Angeles RegionSocial conditions20th centuryCitrus fruit industrySocial aspectsCaliforniaLos Angeles RegionHistory20th centuryCommunity developmentCaliforniaLos Angeles RegionHistory20th centuryIntercultural communicationCaliforniaLos Angeles RegionHistory20th centuryLos Angeles Region (Calif.)Ethnic relationsLos Angeles Region (Calif.)Social conditions20th centuryLos Angeles Region (Calif.)Economic conditions20th centuryMexican AmericansSocial conditionsWhite peopleSocial conditionsAgricultural laborersSocial conditionsCitrus fruit industrySocial aspectsHistoryCommunity developmentHistoryIntercultural communicationHistory305.8/009794/94García Matt1089633MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780980803321A world of its own3686720UNINA