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How a Los Angeles neighborhood became the future of American democracy

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Author:
Sanchez, George J  Search this
Physical description:
1 online resource (xvii, 364 pages) illustrations, maps
Type:
Electronic resources
Electronic books
History
Place:
California
Los Angeles
Boyle Heights (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Boyle Heights
Date:
2021
Notes:
Elecresource
Library purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center. La biblioteca recibio<U+0081> apoyo federal del Fondo de Iniciativas Latinas, administrado por el Centro Latino Smithsonian
Contents:
Introduction : a multiracial map for America -- Making Los Angeles -- From global movements to urban apartheid -- Disposable people, expendable neighborhoods -- Witnesses to internment -- The exodus from the eastside -- Edward R. Roybal and the politics of multiracialism -- Black and brown power in the Barrio -- Creating sanctuary -- Remembering Boyle Heights
Summary:
"This is a history of a Los Angeles community that represents cross-cultural possibility in America's future. The history of Boyle Heights tells an important story of neighborhood strength because of its diversity and a constant stream of newcomers to Los Angeles, who become absorbed into the life of the city in ways that were both accommodating and complicated. It is clear that the residents of the neighborhood developed a unique identity that set them apart from the rest of the city, even while intense racialization was occurring among the various groups that made up the local population. Migrants to the United States learned what it meant to be American in Boyle Heights, as newcomers to Los Angeles learned what it meant to be Angelino. Even as the neighborhood changed dramatically over time because of larger racial and economic forces that fostered concentrated poverty and other unstable life conditions, a communal and progressive spirit prevailed in Boyle Heights that continued to define the promise of the American dream for all who lived there. This book is organized chronologically, with each chapter focusing on the interaction between different groups that made up the Boyle Heights population"-- Provided by publisher
Topic:
Neighborhoods--History  Search this
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Sociology--Urban  Search this
Neighborhoods  Search this
Race relations  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1156492