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L.A. city limits [[electronic resource] ] : African American Los Angeles from the Great Depression to the present / / Josh Sides
| L.A. city limits [[electronic resource] ] : African American Los Angeles from the Great Depression to the present / / Josh Sides |
| Autore | Sides Josh <1972-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (304 p.) |
| Disciplina | 979.4/9400496073 |
| Soggetto topico |
African Americans - California - Los Angeles - Social conditions - 20th century
African Americans - California - Los Angeles - Economic conditions - 20th century |
| Soggetto non controllato |
1960s
african americans black americans black experience black migrants california critical history deindustrialization discussion books great depression historical los angeles modern history modern los angeles nonfiction postwar economy race riots racial diversity racial issues regional differences regional history social inequality urban america urban crisis urban landscape urban studies westward movement |
| ISBN |
0-520-93986-7
1-59734-696-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. African Americans in Prewar Los Angeles -- 2. The Great Migration and the Changing Face of Los Angeles -- 3. The Window of Opportunity: Black Work in Industrial Los Angeles, 1941-1964 -- 4. Race and Housing in Postwar Los Angeles -- 5. Building the Civil Rights Movement in Los Angeles -- 6. Black Community Transformation in the 1960's and 1970's -- Epilogue -- Maps -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782941103321 |
Sides Josh <1972->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 | ||
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Strangers at the gates : new immigrants in urban America / / editor, Roger Waldinger
| Strangers at the gates : new immigrants in urban America / / editor, Roger Waldinger |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 339 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 305.9/0691 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | WaldingerRoger David |
| Soggetto topico |
Immigrants - United States - Social conditions
Immigrants - United States - Economic conditions Foreign workers - United States Cities and towns - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
african american
american history city life city living essay anthology essay collection geography immigrant history immigrant stories immigrants immigration indigenous people minority groups native born poverty race issues race racism united states history urban america urban life urban living us history |
| ISBN |
1-282-35589-9
9786612355899 0-520-92771-0 1-59734-922-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Strangers at the Gates -- 2. New Immigrants in Urban America -- 3. Up from Poverty?: "Race," Immigration, and the Fate of Low-Skilled Workers -- 4. A Tale of Five Cities?: Trends in Immigrant and Native-Born Wages -- 5. The Geography of Immigrant Poverty: Selective Evidence of an Immigrant Underclass -- 6. On the Back of Blacks?: Immigrants and the Fortunes of African Americans -- 7. The Immigrant Niche: Pervasive, Persistent, Diverse -- 8. Progress, Decline, Stagnation?: The New Second Generation Comes of Age -- 9. Conclusion: Immigration and the Remaking of Urban America -- Notes on Contributors -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783319003321 |
| Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2001 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Teardown [[electronic resource] ] : memoir of a vanishing city / / Gordon Young
| Teardown [[electronic resource] ] : memoir of a vanishing city / / Gordon Young |
| Autore | Young Gordon <1966-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (301 p.) |
| Disciplina | 307.3/4160977437 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | YoungGordon <1966-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Plant shutdowns - Michigan - Flint
Urban renewal - Michigan - Flint |
| Soggetto non controllato |
abandoned houses
biography biology business career cheap houses cities city life city living crowded cities cultural studies dangerous cities defiant homeowners detroit economics engaging flint historical history housing interviews michigan authors michigan money oral history page turner personal memoir personal quest preservation realistic rust belt social history social justice social science sociological science sociology urban america urban homesteaders urban planning urban urbanism wealth |
| ISBN | 0-520-95537-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Prologue: Summer 2009 -- Part One -- Part Two -- Part Three -- Epilogue: Summer 2012 -- Updates -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Sources And Further Reading -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786711703321 |
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Young Gordon <1966->
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| Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2013 | ||
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Water and American government : the Reclamation Bureau, national water policy, and the West, 1902-1935 / / Donald J. Pisani
| Water and American government : the Reclamation Bureau, national water policy, and the West, 1902-1935 / / Donald J. Pisani |
| Autore | Pisani Donald J |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xviii, 394 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 333.91/15/0978 |
| Soggetto topico |
Reclamation of land - West (U.S.) - History - 20th century
Water-supply - Government policy - West (U.S.) - History - 20th century |
| Soggetto non controllato |
1930s
agriculture american west arable land arizona boulder dam bureau of indian affairs bureau of reclamation california carey act drought ecology family farms farming communities farming frontier government programs irrigation projects land development land management native americans nature nonfiction pima politics public works rupert idaho rural social program teddy roosevelt the new deal twin falls urban america us history water policy water rights water use water western history yakima |
| ISBN |
0-520-92758-3
9786612356636 1-282-35663-1 1-59734-989-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Saving lost lives : irrigation and the ideology of homemaking -- The perils of public works : Federal reclamation, 1902-1909 -- Case studies in irrigation and community : Twin Falls and Rupert -- An administrative morass : Federal reclamation, 1909-1917 -- Boom, bust and boom : Federal reclamation, 1917-1935 -- Uneasy allies : the Reclamation Service and the Bureau of Indian Affairs -- Case studies in water and power : the Yakima and the Pima -- Wiring the new West : the strange career of public power -- Gateway to the hydraulic age : water politics, 1920-1935 -- Conclusion : retrospect and significance. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780377203321 |
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Pisani Donald J
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| Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2002 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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