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Los Angeles: scratch the surface of the city's image as a rich mosaic of multinational cultures and a grittier truth emerges-its huge, shimmering economy was built on the backs of largely Latino immigrants and still depends on them. This book exposes the underside of the development and restruc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Valle, Victor M.
Other Authors: Torres, Rodolfo D., 1949-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2000.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Americains d'origine latino-americaine > États-Unis > Los Angeles (Calif.)
Latijns-Amerikanen.
Minderheitenfrage
Lebensbedingungen
Hispanos
Ethnische Identität
Ethnische Beziehungen
Race relations.
Politics and government.
Hispanic Americans > Politics and government.
Hispanic Americans > Economic conditions.
Economic history.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > American Government > State.
Americains d'origine latino-americaine > Identite ethnique > Californie > Los Angeles.
Americains d'origine latino-americaine > Californie > Los Angeles > Conditions economiques.
Hispanic Americans > Race identity > California > Los Angeles.
Hispanic Americans > California > Los Angeles > Economic conditions.
Hispanic Americans > California > Los Angeles > Politics and government.
Hispanos.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Relations interethniques.
Los Angeles, Calif.
California > Los Angeles.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Economic conditions.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Politics and government.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Race relations.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Economic Geography of Latino Los Angeles; 2. "Policing" Race: The Media's Representation of the Los Angeles Riots; 3. Mexican Cuisine: Food as Culture; 4. Contesting "Showtime": Latino Leaders in Downtown Development; 5. Significant Space: Public Areas in the Greater Eastside; 6. Class and Culture Wars in the New Latino Politics; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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