The ideal country life : the development of citrus suburbs in southern California -- The "colonia complex" revisited : racial hierarchies and border spaces in the citrus belt, 1917-1926 -- Friends of the Mexicans? Mexican immigration and the politics of social reform -- Just put on that Padua Hills smile : the Mexican Players and the Padua Hills Theatre, 1931-1974 -- Citrus in the war years : gender, citizenship, and labor, 1940-1964 -- Memories of El Monte : dance halls and youth culture in greater Los Angeles, 1950-1974 -- Sol y sombra : the limits of intercultural activism in post-citrus greater Los Angeles
Summary
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
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Includes bibliographical references ([305]-321) and index
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