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A World of Its Own: Race, Labor, and Citrus in the Making of Greater Los Angeles, 1900-1970

by Matt Garcia

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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 show more discrimination and solve problems of residential and educational segregation. show less

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Matt Garcia is assistant professor of ethnic studies and history at the University of Oregon.

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Published: 2002
Genres: Anthropology, Nonfiction, History, Economics, Science & Nature
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LCC: F869 .L89 .A253

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