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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	García, Matt
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2001]
Series:	Studies in rural culture.
Subjects:	Los Angeles Region (Calif.) > Ethnic relations. Mexican Americans > California > Los Angeles Region > Social conditions > 20th century. Whites > 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. Los Angeles Region (Calif.) > Social conditions > 20th century. Los Angeles Region (Calif.) > Economic conditions > 20th century. Community development > California > Los Angeles Region > History > 20th century. Intercultural communication > California > Los Angeles Region > History > 20th century.

Table of Contents:

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.