In Search of the Mexican Beverly Hills: Latino Suburbanization in Postwar Los Angeles (Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States)
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| Rating | : | 4.82 (906 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0813583152 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 252 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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Rather, In Search of the Mexican Beverly Hills illuminates how Mexican American racial and class identity were both reinforced by and took on added metropolitan and transnational dimensions in the city during the second half of the twentieth century. . It expanded the employment and living opportunities for millions of Angelinos into new suburbs. In Search of the Mexican Beverly Hills examines the struggle for inclusion into this exclusive world—a multilayered process by which Mexican Americans moved out of the barrios and emerged as a majority population in the S
"By uncovering the hidden story of how Mexican Americans came to dominate the East Los Angeles suburbs, González not only offers much-needed insight into the postwar Mexican American experience, but also bridges Chicana/o and suburban history in critical and heretofore unexplored ways."