Fit to Be Citizens? : Public Health and Race in Los Angeles, 1879-1939 |
Autore | Molina Natalia |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2006] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (295 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.1/0979494 |
Collana | American Crossroads |
Soggetto topico |
Immigrants - Health and hygiene - California - Los Angeles - History
Asian Americans - Health and hygiene - California - Los Angeles - History Mexican Americans - Health and hygiene - California - Los Angeles - History Public health - California - Los Angeles - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
african americans
america american citizens asian americans chinese immigrants cultural history early 20th century ethnic studies ethnographers ethnography health officials japanese immigrants labor exploitation legal exclusion living conditions los angeles mexican americans mexican immigrants nonfiction public health race and law race issues racial groups racial politics racialization racism scientific developments united states |
ISBN |
1-282-77201-5
9786612772016 0-520-93920-4 1-4337-0842-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List Of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Interlopers In The Land Of Sunshine: Chinese Disease Carriers, Launderers, And Vegetable Peddlers -- 2. Caught Between Discourses Of Disease, Health, And Nation: Public Health Attitudes Toward Japanese And Mexican Laborers In Progressive-Era Los Angeles -- 3. Institutionalizing Public Health In Ethnic Los Angeles In The 1920's -- 4. "We Can No Longer Ignore The Problem Of The Mexican": Depression-Era Public Health Policies In Los Angeles -- 5. The Fight For "Health, Morality, And Decent Living Standards": Mexican Americans And The Struggle For Public Housing In 1930's Los Angeles -- Epilogue: Genealogies Of Racial Discourses And Practices -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827297703321 |
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The grit beneath the glitter [[electronic resource] ] : tales from the real Las Vegas / / edited by Hal K. Rothman and Mike Davis |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (396 p.) |
Disciplina | 979.3/135034 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
RothmanHal <1958-2007.>
DavisMike <1946-2022.> |
Soggetto topico | HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) |
Soggetto non controllato |
academic
casino workers casino culinary drought essay anthology essay collection global hal rotham jon christensen kit miller las vegas strip las vegas mike davis nevada noir norman klein peter goin political economy politics power race issues race racial issues racism regional history regional scholarly sex workers sin city unions urbanization water |
ISBN |
0-520-93545-4
1-282-76241-9 9786612762413 1-59734-643-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction: The Many Faces of Las Vegas -- Scripting Las Vegas: Noir Naïfs, Junking Up, and the New Strip -- Las Vegas of the Mind: Shooting Movies in and about Nevada -- Discordant Infrastructure -- Growth, Services, and the Political Economy of Gambling in Las Vegas, 1970-2000 -- Lighting Las Vegas: Electricity and the City of Glitz -- Build It and the Water Will Come -- The Social Costs of Rapid Urbanization in Southern Nevada -- Rise to Power: The Recent History of the Culinary Union in Las Vegas -- Class Struggle in Oz -- "Squeezing the Juice Out of Las Vegas": Reflections On Growing Up in Smalltown, USA -- I Didn't Know Anybody Lived There -- How I Became a Native -- Inside the Glitter: Lives of Casino Workers -- "She Works Hard for Her Money": A Reassessment of Las Vegas Women Workers, 1945-1985 -- The Racial Cauldron -- Inside Jean -- Looking into a Dry Lake: Uncovering the Women's View of Las Vegas A Film Journal -- Colony, Capital, and Casino: Money in the Real Las Vegas -- Who Puts the "Sin" in "Sin City" Stories? Girls of Grit and Glitter in the City of Women -- Nevada Goes Global: The Foreign Gaming Rule and the Spread of Casinos -- Canto: Las Vegas -- Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782968903321 |
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Home bound [[electronic resource] ] : Filipino lives across cultures, communities, and countries / / Yen Le Espiritu |
Autore | Espiritu Yen Le <1963-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (284 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.8/089/9921073 |
Soggetto topico |
Filipino Americans - Social conditions
Filipino Americans - Ethnic identity Families - United States Transnationalism Racism - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
american history
american workplace analysis california colonialism colonization colonizer ethnic minorities filipino american filipino immigrants filipino global power immigrant groups immigrant history immigrant stories immigrants interviews life story migration minority groups philippines race issues racial minorities racism san diego transnational true story united states history us history world history |
ISBN |
9786612759147
1-59734-658-6 0-520-92926-8 1-282-75914-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Home making -- Leaving home : Filipino migration/return to the United States -- Positively no Filipinos allowed : differential inclusion and homelessness -- Mobile homes : lives across borders -- Making home : building communities in a Navy town -- Home sweet home : work and changing family relations -- We don't sleep around like white girls do : the politics of home and location -- What of the children? : emerging homes and identities -- Homes, borders, and possibilities. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783081303321 |
Espiritu Yen Le <1963->
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Home bound [[electronic resource] ] : Filipino lives across cultures, communities, and countries / / Yen Le Espiritu |
Autore | Espiritu Yen Le <1963-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (284 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.8/089/9921073 |
Soggetto topico |
Filipino Americans - Social conditions
Filipino Americans - Ethnic identity Families - United States Transnationalism Racism - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
american history
american workplace analysis california colonialism colonization colonizer ethnic minorities filipino american filipino immigrants filipino global power immigrant groups immigrant history immigrant stories immigrants interviews life story migration minority groups philippines race issues racial minorities racism san diego transnational true story united states history us history world history |
ISBN |
9786612759147
1-59734-658-6 0-520-92926-8 1-282-75914-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Home making -- Leaving home : Filipino migration/return to the United States -- Positively no Filipinos allowed : differential inclusion and homelessness -- Mobile homes : lives across borders -- Making home : building communities in a Navy town -- Home sweet home : work and changing family relations -- We don't sleep around like white girls do : the politics of home and location -- What of the children? : emerging homes and identities -- Homes, borders, and possibilities. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826279703321 |
Espiritu Yen Le <1963->
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The Indigenous State : Race, Politics, and Performance in Plurinational Bolivia / / Nancy Postero |
Autore | Postero Nancy Grey |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2017] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 228 pages) : illustrations, map; PDF, digital file(s) |
Disciplina | 984.05/4 |
Soggetto topico |
Neoliberalism - Bolivia - 21st century
Multiculturalism - Political aspects - Bolivia - 21st century Indigenous peoples - Bolivia - Government relations - 21st century |
Soggetto non controllato |
autonomy
bolivia bolivian people bolivian politics economic liberation economy global illustrated indigenous cultures indigenous nationalism indigenous people international liberalism maps national identity nationalism political performance political politics race issues racial identity racial issues racism spectacle worldwide |
ISBN | 0-520-96730-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: the "cultural democratic revolution" of Evo Morales -- The emergence of indigenous nationalism : social movements and the MAS State -- The constituent assembly : challenges to liberalism -- Wedding the nation : spectacle and political performance -- Living well? the battle for national development -- Race and racism in the new Bolivia -- From indigeneity to economic liberation -- Charagua's struggle for indigenous autonomy -- Conclusion : between politics and policing. |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996333147703316 |
Postero Nancy Grey
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The Indigenous State : Race, Politics, and Performance in Plurinational Bolivia / / Nancy Postero |
Autore | Postero Nancy Grey |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | University of California Press, 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 228 pages) : illustrations, map; PDF, digital file(s) |
Disciplina | 984.05/4 |
Soggetto topico |
Neoliberalism - Bolivia - 21st century
Multiculturalism - Political aspects - Bolivia - 21st century Indigenous peoples - Bolivia - Government relations - 21st century |
Soggetto non controllato |
autonomy
bolivia bolivian people bolivian politics economic liberation economy global illustrated indigenous cultures indigenous nationalism indigenous people international liberalism maps national identity nationalism political performance political politics race issues racial identity racial issues racism spectacle worldwide |
ISBN | 0-520-96730-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: the "cultural democratic revolution" of Evo Morales -- The emergence of indigenous nationalism : social movements and the MAS State -- The constituent assembly : challenges to liberalism -- Wedding the nation : spectacle and political performance -- Living well? the battle for national development -- Race and racism in the new Bolivia -- From indigeneity to economic liberation -- Charagua's struggle for indigenous autonomy -- Conclusion : between politics and policing. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910213849203321 |
Postero Nancy Grey
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Inside toyland [[electronic resource] ] : working, shopping, and social inequality / / Christine L. Williams |
Autore | Williams Christine L. <1959-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (265 p.) |
Disciplina | 381/.4568872/0973 |
Soggetto topico |
Toy industry - United States - Employees
Clerks (Retail trade) - United States Discrimination in employment - United States Consumers - United States Equality - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
american economics
behavioral studies box outlet stores class issues consumer behavior consumer culture gender issues labor laws low wage jobs national chain stores nonfiction race issues racial dynamics retail industry retail work shopping mall culture shopping politics social hierarchies social impacts social inequality social justice social sciences sociologists sociology toy shopping toy stores union members upscale shops |
ISBN |
1-282-77203-1
9786612772030 0-520-93949-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. A SOCIOLOGIST INSIDE TOY STORES -- 2. HISTORY OF TOY SHOPPING IN AMERICA -- 3. THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF TOY STORES -- 4. INEQUALITY ON THE SHOPPING FLOOR -- 5. KIDS IN TOYLAND -- 6. TOYS AND CITIZENSHIP -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789000403321 |
Williams Christine L. <1959->
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Inside toyland [[electronic resource] ] : working, shopping, and social inequality / / Christine L. Williams |
Autore | Williams Christine L. <1959-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (265 p.) |
Disciplina | 381/.4568872/0973 |
Soggetto topico |
Toy industry - United States - Employees
Clerks (Retail trade) - United States Discrimination in employment - United States Consumers - United States Equality - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
american economics
behavioral studies box outlet stores class issues consumer behavior consumer culture gender issues labor laws low wage jobs national chain stores nonfiction race issues racial dynamics retail industry retail work shopping mall culture shopping politics social hierarchies social impacts social inequality social justice social sciences sociologists sociology toy shopping toy stores union members upscale shops |
ISBN |
1-282-77203-1
9786612772030 0-520-93949-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. A SOCIOLOGIST INSIDE TOY STORES -- 2. HISTORY OF TOY SHOPPING IN AMERICA -- 3. THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF TOY STORES -- 4. INEQUALITY ON THE SHOPPING FLOOR -- 5. KIDS IN TOYLAND -- 6. TOYS AND CITIZENSHIP -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827836203321 |
Williams Christine L. <1959->
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Islands in the city [[electronic resource] ] : West Indian migration to New York / / edited by Nancy Foner |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (313 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.896/97290747 |
Altri autori (Persone) | FonerNancy <1945-> |
Soggetto topico |
West Indian Americans - New York (State) - New York - Social conditions
West Indian Americans - Race identity - New York (State) - New York Black people - New York (State) - New York - Social conditions Black people - Race identity - New York (State) - New York Immigrants - New York (State) - New York - Social conditions |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century
academic afro caribbean blackness career caribbean ethnicity gender studies gender global immigrants immigration indian immigrants islands labor migration national identity new york city new york political politics race issues race racism regional scholarly second generation social networks transnational west indian womens issues womens studies work |
ISBN |
9786612762475
1-59734-688-8 0-520-93580-2 1-282-76247-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. West Indian Migration to New York An Overview -- 1. Early-Twentieth-Century Caribbean Women: Migration and Social Networks in New York City -- 2. Where New York's West Indians Work -- 3. West Indians and the Residential Landscape of New York -- 4. Transnational Social Relations and the Politics of National Identity: An Eastern Caribbean Case Study -- 5. New York as a Locality in a Global Family Network -- 6. "Black Like Who?" Afro-Caribbean Immigrants, African Americans, and the Politics of Group Identity -- 7. Growing Up West Indian and African American: Gender and Class Differences in the Second Generation -- 8. Experiencing Success: Structuring the Perception of Opportunities for West Indians -- 9. Tweaking a Monolith: The West Indian Immigrant Encounter with "Blackness" -- Conclusion. Invisible No More? West Indian Americans in the Social Scientific Imagination -- References -- Notes on Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782950103321 |
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Islands in the city [[electronic resource] ] : West Indian migration to New York / / edited by Nancy Foner |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (313 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.896/97290747 |
Altri autori (Persone) | FonerNancy <1945-> |
Soggetto topico |
West Indian Americans - New York (State) - New York - Social conditions
West Indian Americans - Race identity - New York (State) - New York Black people - New York (State) - New York - Social conditions Black people - Race identity - New York (State) - New York Immigrants - New York (State) - New York - Social conditions |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century
academic afro caribbean blackness career caribbean ethnicity gender studies gender global immigrants immigration indian immigrants islands labor migration national identity new york city new york political politics race issues race racism regional scholarly second generation social networks transnational west indian womens issues womens studies work |
ISBN |
9786612762475
1-59734-688-8 0-520-93580-2 1-282-76247-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. West Indian Migration to New York An Overview -- 1. Early-Twentieth-Century Caribbean Women: Migration and Social Networks in New York City -- 2. Where New York's West Indians Work -- 3. West Indians and the Residential Landscape of New York -- 4. Transnational Social Relations and the Politics of National Identity: An Eastern Caribbean Case Study -- 5. New York as a Locality in a Global Family Network -- 6. "Black Like Who?" Afro-Caribbean Immigrants, African Americans, and the Politics of Group Identity -- 7. Growing Up West Indian and African American: Gender and Class Differences in the Second Generation -- 8. Experiencing Success: Structuring the Perception of Opportunities for West Indians -- 9. Tweaking a Monolith: The West Indian Immigrant Encounter with "Blackness" -- Conclusion. Invisible No More? West Indian Americans in the Social Scientific Imagination -- References -- Notes on Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809371803321 |
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