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Title Beyond alliances : the Jewish role in reshaping the racial landscape of Southern California / Bruce Zuckerman, editor ; George J. Sanchez, guest editor ; Lisa Ansell, associate editor
Published Indiana, Ind. : Purdue University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 146 pages)
Series Jewish role in American life ; v. 9. 1934-7529
Contents Foreword -- Editorial introduction -- Genevieve Carpio, Unexpected allies: David C. Marcus and his impact on the advancement of civil rights in the Mexican-American legal landscape of Southern California -- Anthony Macias, Multicultural music, Jews, and American culture: the life and times of William Phillips -- Barbara K. Soliz, Rosland Wiener Wyman and the transformation of Jewish liberalism in cold war Los Angeles -- Max Felker-Kantor, Fighting many battles: Max Mont, labor, and interracial civil rights activism in Los Angeles, 1950-1970 -- About the contributors -- About the USC Casden Institute
Summary This volume focuses on the unique and special role that Jews took in reshaping the ethnic/racial landscape of Southern California in the mid-twentieth century, roughly from 1930 to 1970
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Print version record
Subject Mexican Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Social conditions
Jews -- California -- Los Angeles -- Social conditions
Jews -- Cultural assimilation -- California, Southern -- History -- 20th century
Jews -- California, Southern -- Social conditions -- History -- 20th century
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Ethnic relations
Jews -- Cultural assimilation
Jews -- Social conditions
Mexican Americans -- Social conditions
SUBJECT California, Southern -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 20th century
Subject California -- Los Angeles
Southern California
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Ansell, Lisa, editor.
Sanchez, George J., editor.
Zuckerman, Bruce, editor.
ISBN 1612492266
9781612492254
1612492258
9781612492261