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

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

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Author / Creator:	García, Matt, author.
Imprint:	Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina Press, ©2001.
Description:	1 online resource (xx, 330 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Series:	Studies in rural culture Studies in rural culture.
Subject:	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. Community development -- California -- Los Angeles Region -- History -- 20th century. Intercultural communication -- California -- Los Angeles Region -- History -- 20th century. Agricultural laborers -- Social conditions. Citrus fruit industry -- Social aspects. Community development. Economic history. Ethnic relations. Intercultural communication. Mexican Americans -- Social conditions. Social conditions Whites -- Social conditions. Los Angeles Region (Calif.) -- Ethnic relations. Los Angeles Region (Calif.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century. Los Angeles Region (Calif.) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century. California -- Los Angeles Region. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12314652

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ISBN:	9780807898932 0807898937 9781469604442 1469604442 0807826588 9780807826584 0807849839 9780807849835
Digital file characteristics:	text file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references ([305]-321) and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. 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. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 English. digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
Summary:	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.
Other form:	Print version: García, Matt. World of its own. Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina Press, ©2001 9780807826584

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Summary:	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.<br> <br> <br> <br> As the citrus-growing regions of the San Gabriel and Pomona Valleys in eastern Los Angeles County expanded during the early twentieth century, the agricultural industry there developed along segregated lines, primarily between white landowners and Mexican and Asian laborers. Initially, these communities were sharply divided. But Los Angeles, unlike other agricultural regions, saw important opportunities for intercultural exchange develop around the arts and within multiethnic community groups. Whether fostered in such informal settings as dance halls and theaters or in such formal organizations as the Intercultural Council of Claremont or the Southern California Unity Leagues, these interethnic encounters formed the basis for political cooperation to address labor discrimination and solve problems of residential and educational segregation. Though intercultural collaborations were not always successful, Garcia argues that they constitute an important chapter not only in Southern California's social and cultural development but also in the larger history of American race relations.<br> <br>
Physical Description:	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.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references ([305]-321) and index.
ISBN:	9780807898932 0807898937 9781469604442 1469604442 0807826588 9780807826584 0807849839 9780807849835