A world of its own : race, labor, and citrus in the making of Greater Los Angeles, 1900-1970 /

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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 o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: García, Matt (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina Press, ©2001.
Colección:Studies in rural culture.
Temas:
1900-1999
Mexican Americans > California > Los Angeles Region > Social conditions > 20th century.
White people > California > Los Angeles Region > Social conditions > 20th century.
Agricultural laborers > California > Los Angeles Region > Social conditions > 20th century.
Citrus fruit industry > Social aspects > California > Los Angeles Region > History > 20th century.
Community development > California > Los Angeles Region > History > 20th century.
Intercultural communication > California > Los Angeles Region > History > 20th century.
Mexican Americans > California > Los Angeles > Social conditions > 20th century.
White people > California > Los Angeles > Social conditions > 20th century.
Agricultural laborers > California > Los Angeles > Social conditions > 20th century.
Citrus fruit industry > Social aspects > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century.
Community development > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century.
Américains d'origine mexicaine > Californie > Los Angeles > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Personnes blanches > Californie > Los Angeles > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Travailleurs agricoles > Californie > Los Angeles > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Agrumes > Industrie > Aspect social > Californie > Los Angeles > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Développement communautaire > Californie > Los Angeles > Histoire > 20e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Rural.
Agricultural laborers > Social conditions
Citrus fruit industry > Social aspects
Community development
Economic history
Ethnic relations
Intercultural communication
Mexican Americans > Social conditions
Social conditions
White people > Social condition
Landarbeiders.
Immigranten.
Mexicanen.
Agrumes > Industrie et commerce > États-Unis > Los Angeles (Calif. ; agglomération)
Los Angeles Region (Calif.) > Ethnic relations.
Los Angeles Region (Calif.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Los Angeles Region (Calif.) > Economic conditions > 20th century.
California > Los Angeles Region
Los Angeles (Calif. ; agglomération) > Relations interethniques.
History
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Descripción
Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xx, 330 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references ([305]-321) and index.
ISBN:9780807898932
0807898937
9781469604442
1469604442
Lugar de publicación:United States -- North Carolina -- Chapel Hill

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