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| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Josh Sides |
| ISBN: | 9780520238411 0520238419 0520248309 9780520248304 |
| OCLC Number: | 51726604 |
| Notes: | "The George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies." |
| Description: | xiv, 288 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | African Americans in Prewar Los Angeles -- The great migration and the changing face of Los Angeles -- The window of opportunity: black work in industrial Los Angeles, 1941-1964 -- Race and housing in postwar Los Angeles -- Building the civil rights movement in Los Angeles -- Black community transformation in the 1960s and 1970s. |
| Other Titles: | LA city limits Los Angeles city limits |
| Responsibility: | Josh Sides. |
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"An exceptional book....[Sides] mixes pioneering research with good writing, sharp analysis and the moving stories of everyday people. His work deserves a place on the bookshelves of all serious students of Los Angeles and the rest of urban California." - Bill Boyarsky, Los Angeles Times Book Review "source material for for planners of tomorrow's multiracial cities." "[A] counter-narrative to the historic narrative of crime, violence and poverty." - Michael T. Jarvis, La Times Magazine" Read more...
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- African Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
- African Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Race relations.
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
- Sociaal-economische situatie.
- Rassenverhoudingen.
- Rassenbeziehung.
- Soziale Situation.
- Geschichte 1900-2003.
- Los Angeles (Calif.)
- Schwarze.
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