In Search of the Mexican Beverly Hills
Latino Suburbanization in Postwar Los Angeles
By Jerry González | Publisher: Rutgers University Press
About the book
Residential and industrial sprawl changed more than the political landscape of postwar Los Angeles. 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 San Gabriel Valley—and the impact that movement had on collective racial and class identity. Contrary to the assimilation processes experienced by most Euro-Americans, Mexican Americans did not graduate to whiteness on the basis of their suburban residence. 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.
Editions of In Search of the Mexican Beverly Hills
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780813583167
- EBook
- ISBN 9780813583174
- PDF
- ISBN 9780813583181
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Residential and industrial sprawl changed more than the political landscape of postwar Los Angeles. 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 San Gabriel Valley—and the impact that movement had on collective racial and class identity. Contrary to the assimilation processes experienced by most Euro-Americans, Mexican Americans did not graduate to whiteness on the basis of their suburban residence. 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.
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What is In Search of the Mexican Beverly Hills about?
Residential and industrial sprawl changed more than the political landscape of postwar Los Angeles. 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 San Gabriel Valley—and the impact that movement had on collective racial and class identity. Contrary to the assimilation processes experienced by most Euro-Americans, Mexican Americans did not graduate to whiteness on the basis of their suburban residence. 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.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in In Search of the Mexican Beverly Hills?
Society and Social Sciences > Society and culture: general > Social groups, communities and identities > Ethnic studies / Ethnicity
Where can I read a sample of In Search of the Mexican Beverly Hills?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780813583167
Is In Search of the Mexican Beverly Hills part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States
Who is/are the Author/s of the book In Search of the Mexican Beverly Hills?
Jerry González
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
In Search of the Mexican Beverly Hills is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780813583167) and ebook(ISBN 9780813583174) and pdf(ISBN 9780813583181)
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