Alien neighbors, foreign friends : Asian Americans, housing, and the transformation of urban California /

Between the early 1900s and the late 1950s, the attitudes of white Californians toward their Asian American neighbours evolved from outright hostility to relative acceptance. Brooks examines this transformation through the lens of California's urban housing markets.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brooks, Charlotte, 1971- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
Series:Historical studies of urban America.
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Description
Summary:Between the early 1900s and the late 1950s, the attitudes of white Californians toward their Asian American neighbours evolved from outright hostility to relative acceptance. Brooks examines this transformation through the lens of California's urban housing markets.
Physical Description:xv, 329 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-310) and index.
ISBN:9780226075976
0226075974
9780226004181
022600418X