As the citrus-growing regions of the San Gabriel and Pomona Valleys in eastern Los Angeles County expanded during the early twentieth century, the agricultural industry there developed along segregated lines, primarily between white landowners and Mexican and Asian laborers. Initially, these communities were sharply divided. But Los Angeles, unlike other agricultural regions, saw important opportunities for intercultural exchange develop around the arts and within multiethnic community groups. Whether fostered in such informal settings as dance halls and theaters or in such formal organizations as the Intercultural Council of Claremont or the Southern California Unity Leagues, these interethnic encounters formed the basis for political cooperation to address labor discrimination and solve problems of residential and educational segregation. Though intercultural collaborations were not always successful, Garcia argues that they constitute an important chapter not only in Southern California's social and cultural development but also in the larger history of American race relations.
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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.
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Matt Garcia is assistant professor of ethnic studies and history at the University of Oregon.
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Citrus fruit has always possessed a unique status among the many crops that make up California's vast agroecosystem. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
citrus belt residents, local colonias, citrus belt communities, citrus belt towns, packinghouse employees, belt society, packinghouse managers, ideal country life, citrus towns, ethnoracial minorities, citrus workers, citrus growers, citrus ranches, industry spokespeople, lemon house, citrus industry, bracero program, women progressives, citrus production, citrus farms, packinghouse workers, intercultural understanding, possessive investment, women reformers, residential integration Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mexican American, Southern California, United States, Mexican Players, Arbol Verde, Rainbow Gardens, Latin American, Friends of the Mexicans, San Bernardino, Bess Garner, African American, Intercultural Council, Pomona College, Pomona Valley, Legion Stadium, San Gabriel Valley, Unity Leagues, Julia Salazar, The Mixtures, Herman Garner, Padua Institute, California Citrograph, Cande Mendoza, Courtesy of Pomona Public Library, Helen O'Brien New!
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Citrus fruit has always possessed a unique status among the many crops that make up California's vast agroecosystem. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
citrus belt residents, local colonias, citrus belt communities, citrus belt towns, packinghouse employees, belt society, packinghouse managers, ideal country life, citrus towns, ethnoracial minorities, citrus workers, citrus growers, citrus ranches, industry spokespeople, lemon house, citrus industry, bracero program, women progressives, citrus production, citrus farms, packinghouse workers, intercultural understanding, possessive investment, women reformers, residential integration Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mexican American, Southern California, United States, Mexican Players, Arbol Verde, Rainbow Gardens, Latin American, Friends of the Mexicans, San Bernardino, Bess Garner, African American, Intercultural Council, Pomona College, Pomona Valley, Legion Stadium, San Gabriel Valley, Unity Leagues, Julia Salazar, The Mixtures, Herman Garner, Padua Institute, California Citrograph, Cande Mendoza, Courtesy of Pomona Public Library, Helen O'Brien New!
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- San Gabriel Valley by Automobile Club of Southern California on 18 pages
- Mexican Americans: Leadership, Ideology, and Identity, 1930-1960 (The Lamar Series in Western History) by Mario T. Garcia on 7 pages
- Race Rebels : Culture, Politics, and the Black Working Class by Robin D. G. Kelley on 6 pages
- Ventura County by Automobile Club of Southern California on 5 pages
- Not With the Fist (The Mexican American) by Ruth D. Tuck on 5 pages
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