04613nam 2200937Ia 450 991082027800332120240410071238.01-282-36061-297866123606190-520-94176-41-59734-923-210.1525/9780520941762(CKB)1000000000030739(EBL)227328(OCoLC)58728569(SSID)ssj0000252320(PQKBManifestationID)11219486(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000252320(PQKBWorkID)10175381(PQKB)11034916(MiAaPQ)EBC227328(DE-B1597)520118(DE-B1597)9780520941762(Au-PeEL)EBL227328(CaPaEBR)ebr10075626(CaONFJC)MIL236061(EXLCZ)99100000000003073920040608d2005 ub 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrStreet meeting multiethnic neighborhoods in early twentieth-century Los Angeles /H. Mark Wild1st ed.Berkeley University of California Pressc20051 online resource (312 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-25635-2 0-520-24083-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Illustrations and Tables --Acknowledgments --Introduction --1. The Familiarity of "Foreign Quarters": The Central Los Angeles Populace --2. Building the White Spot of America: The Corporate Reconstruction of Ethnoracial Los Angeles --3. The Church of All Nations and the Quest for "Indigenous Immigrant Communities" --4. "So Many Children at Once and So Many Kinds": The World of Central City Children --5. Mixed Couples: Love, Sex, and Marriage across Ethnoracial Lines --6. Preaching to Mixed Crowds: Ethnoracial Coalitions and the Political Culture of Street Speaking --7. The Streets Run Red: The Communist Party and the Resurgence of Coalition Street Politics --Conclusion. From Central Neighborhood to Inner City: The Triumph of Corporate Liberal Urbanization --Notes --Bibliography --IndexImmigrant neighborhoods of the early twentieth century have commonly been viewed as segregated, homogeneous slums isolated from the larger "American" city. But as Mark Wild demonstrates in this new study of Los Angeles, such districts often nurtured dynamic, diverse environments where residents interacted with individuals of other races and cultures. In fact, as his engaging account makes clear, between 1900 and 1940 such multiethnic areas mushroomed in Los Angeles. Street Meeting, enriched with oral histories, reminiscences, newspaper reports, and other sources, examines interactions among working-class Mexicans, Chinese, Japanese, Jews, Italians, African Americans, and others, reminding us that Los Angeles has been a multiethnic city since its birth. This study further argues that these ethnic interactions played a crucial role in the urban development of the United States during the early decades of the twentieth century.Ethnic neighborhoodsCaliforniaLos AngelesHistory20th centuryLos Angeles (Calif.)Ethnic relationsHistory20th century20th century american culture.20th century american history.20th century american society.african americans.american history.california.chinese americans.city life.communist party.corporate reconstruction.crowded cities.cultural studies.immigrants.immigration and emigration.indigenous immigrant communities.italian americans.jewish americans.los angeles.marriage.mexican americans.multiethnic communities.race in america.united states of america.urban development.urbanization.working class.Ethnic neighborhoodsHistory305.8/009794/9409041Wild Mark1970-1636624MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820278003321Street meeting3977981UNINA