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Informationen zum Autor JERRY GONZÁLEZ is an associate professor of history at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Klappentext In Search of the Mexican Beverly Hills examines the 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. Zusammenfassung 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 and the impact that movement had on collective racial and class identity. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1 1. The Lands of Mañana 14 2. Mexican Americans and the Suburban Ideal 46 3. El MAPA to the Suburban Ideal 75 4. Suburban Renewal 103 Epilogue: Let's Take a Trip . . . 131 Acknowledgments 139 Notes 145 Index 193
