Search Results - "Mexicans"

The Mexican Mafia by Rafael, Tony

Subjects: “…Mexican Mafia (Gang)…”
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Becoming Mexican American ethnicity, culture, and identity in Chicano Los Angeles, 1900-1945 / by Sanchez, George J.

Subjects: “…Mexican Americans California Los Angeles Social conditions.…”
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Whitewashed adobe the rise of Los Angeles and the remaking of its Mexican past / by Deverell, William Francis

Subjects: “…Mexican Americans California Los Angeles History.…”
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Erotic journeys Mexican immigrants and their sex lives / by González-López, Gloria, 1960-

Subjects: “…Mexican Americans Sexual behavior California Los Angeles.…”
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Chicanas and Chicanos in school racial profiling, identity battles, and empowerment / by Pizarro, Marcos, 1967-

Subjects: “…Mexican American youth Education Social aspects California Los Angeles Case studies.…”
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"Mi raza primero!" (My people first!) nationalism, identity, and insurgency in the Chicano movement in Los Angeles, 1966-1978 / by Chávez, Ernesto, 1962-

Subjects: “…Mexican Americans California Los Angeles Politics and government 20th century.…”
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Urban exile collected writings of Harry Gamboa, Jr. / by Gamboa, Harry

Subjects: “…Mexican Americans California Los Angeles Literary collections.…”
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Shameful victory : the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Red Scare, and the hidden history of Chavez Ravine / by Laslett, John H. M.

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The Zoot Suit Riots by Hillstrom, Kevin, 1963-

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Fit to be citizens? public health and race in Los Angeles, 1879-1939 / by Molina, Natalia

Table of Contents: “…Interlopers in the land of sunshine : Chinese disease carriers, launderers, and vegetable peddlers -- Caught between discourses of disease, health, and nation : public health attitudes toward Japanese and Mexican laborers in progressive-era Los Angeles -- Institutionalizing public health in ethnic Los Angeles in the 1920s -- "We can no longer ignore the problem of the Mexican" : depression-era public health policies in Los Angeles -- The fight for "health, morality, and decent living standards" : Mexican Americans and the struggle for public housing in 1930s Los Angeles -- Epilogue : genealogies of racial discourses and practices.…”
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Murder at the Sleepy Lagoon Zoot suits, race, and riot in wartime L.A. / by Pagán, Eduardo Obregón, 1960-

Subjects: “…Mexican Americans California Los Angeles Social conditions 20th century.…”
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Beyond Alliances : The Jewish Role in Reshaping the Racial Landscape of Southern California /

Table of Contents: “…Marcus and his impact on the advancement of civil rights in the Mexican-American legal landscape of Southern California -- Anthony Macias, Multicultural music, Jews, and American culture: the life and times of William Phillips -- Barbara K. …”
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Black, brown, yellow, and left radical activism in Southern California / by Pulido, Laura

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Tuberculosis and the politics of exclusion a history of public health and migration to Los Angeles / by Abel, Emily K.

Table of Contents: “…Pestilence in the promised land -- Strategies of exclusion -- Creating a tuberculosis program -- "Outsiders" -- Slashing services in the Great Depression -- Expelling Mexicans and Filipinos -- "Agitation over the migrant issue" -- Fighting TB in Black Los Angeles.…”
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A rainbow of gangs : street cultures in the mega-city / by Vigil, James Diego, 1938-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Looking at gangs cross-culturally -- Mexican Americans in the barrios of Los Angeles -- "I just wanted to act loco" : Puppet's story -- Blacks in Los Angeles : from Central Avenue to South Central Los Angeles -- "I noticed the problem but never had the cure" : Mookie's story -- Vietnamese in Southern California -- "You couldn't hang by yourself" : Huc's story -- Salvadorans in Los Angeles : the Pico-Union area -- "Where is my father?" …”
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Black and brown in Los Angeles : beyond conflict and coalition /

Table of Contents: “…THE ECONOMICS OF PEOPLE AND PLACES -- Keeping it Real: Demographics, Workforce, and Organizing for African Americans and Latinos in Los Angeles / Manuel Pastor -- Banking on the Community: Mexican Immigrants Experiences in a Historically African American Bank in South Central Los Angeles, 1970-2007 / Abigail Rosas -- Putting Down Roots: Spatial Context and Inter-group Relations in Suburban Los Angeles / Lorrie Frasure and Stacey Greene -- PART TWO. …”
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