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

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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1. Verfasser: García, Matt (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina Press, ©2001.
Schriftenreihe:Studies in rural culture.
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xx, 330 pages) : illustrations, maps
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references ([305]-321) and index.
ISBN:9780807898932
0807898937
9781469604442
1469604442
Erscheinungsort:United States -- North Carolina -- Chapel Hill

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