MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02702cam a2200373 a 4500
001 2001035879
003 DLC
005 20050211211927.0
008 010516s2001 ncuab b s001 0 eng
010 $a 2001035879
020 $a0807826588 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a0807849839 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aF869.L89$bA253 2001
082 00 $a305.8/009794/94$221
100 1 $aGarcía, Matt.
245 12 $aA world of its own :$brace, labor, and citrus in the making of Greater Los Angeles, 1900-1970 /$cMatt García.
260 $aChapel Hill, N.C. :$bUniversity of North Carolina Press,$cc2001.
300 $axx, 330 p. :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
440 0 $aStudies in rural culture
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references [305]-321) and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XIII -- ABBREVIATIONS XIX -- INTRODUCTION 1 -- part One -- 1. THE IDEAL COUNTRY LIFE -- The Development of Citrus Suburbs in Southern California 17 -- 2. THE "COLONIA COMPLEX" REVISITED -- Racial Hierarchies and Border Spaces in the Citrus Belt, 1917-1926 47 -- 3. FRIENDS OF THE MEXICANS? -- Mexican Immigration and the Politics of Social Reform 87 -- 4. JUST PUT ON THAT PADUA HILLS SMILE -- The Mexican Players and the Padua Hills Theatre, 1931-1974 121 -- Fart Two -- 5. CITRUS IN THE WAR YEARS -- Gender, Citizenship, and Labor, 1940-1964 157 -- 6. MEMORIES OF EL MONTE -- Dance Halls and Youth Culture in Greater Los Angeles, 1950-1974 189 -- 7. SOL Y SOMBRA -- The Limits of Intercultural Activism in Post-Citrus Greater -- Los Angeles 223 -- EPILOGUE 257 -- APPENDIX 263 -- NOTES 267 -- BIBLIOGRAPHY 305 -- INDEX 323.
651 0 $aLos Angeles Region (Calif.)$xEthnic relations.
650 0 $aMexican Americans$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles Region$xSocial conditions$y20th century.
650 0 $aWhites$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles Region$xSocial conditions$y20th century.
650 0 $aAgricultural laborers$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles Region$xSocial conditions$y20th century.
650 0 $aCitrus fruit industry$xSocial aspects$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles Region$xHistory$y20th century.
651 0 $aLos Angeles Region (Calif.)$xSocial conditions$y20th century.
651 0 $aLos Angeles Region (Calif.)$xEconomic conditions$y20th century.
650 0 $aCommunity development$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles Region$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aIntercultural communication$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles Region$xHistory$y20th century.
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/unc041/2001035879.html
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy031/2001035879.html