Making Lemonade Out of Lemons: Mexican American Labor And Leisure in a California Town 1880-1960 - Couverture souple

Alamillo, José M.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0252073258 ISBN 13 : 9780252073250

Editeur : University of Illinois Press, 2006

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

José M. Alamillo is a professor and chair of Chicana/o Studies at California State University Channel Islands. He is the author of Deportes: The Making of a Sporting Mexican Diaspora.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Illinois Press
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0252073258
• ISBN 13: 9780252073250
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 220
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