Making Lemonade out of Lemons: Mexican American Labor and Leisure in a California Town 1880-1960 (Statue of Liberty - Ellis Island Centennial Series) - Softcover

Alamillo, Jose

 
9780252073250: Making Lemonade out of Lemons: Mexican American Labor and Leisure in a California Town 1880-1960 (Statue of Liberty - Ellis Island Centennial Series)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0252073258 ISBN 13: 9780252073250
Verlag: University of Illinois Press, 2006

Inhaltsangabe

Out of the "lemons" handed to Mexican American workers in Corona, California--low pay, segregated schooling, inadequate housing, and racial discrimination--Mexican men and women made "lemonade" by transforming leisure spaces such as baseball games, parades, festivals, and churches into politicized spaces where workers voiced their grievances, debated strategies for advancement, and built solidarity. Using oral history interviews, extensive citrus company records, and his own experiences in Corona, José Alamillo argues that Mexican Americans helped lay the groundwork for civil rights struggles and electoral campaigns in the post-World War II era.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

José Alamillo is an associate professor in the Department of Comparative Ethnic Studies at Washington State University.

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Verlag
University of Illinois Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2006
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0252073258
ISBN 13 
9780252073250
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
248
Kontakt zum Hersteller
Mare Nostrum Group B.V.
gpsr@mare-nostrum.co.uk

Doelen 72
Breda
4831 GR
Niederlande

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