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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 979.4940046872073
EAN num: 9780520213333
ISBN number: 0520213335
Label: University of California Press
Manufacturer: University of California Press
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 331
Printing Date: June 01, 1999
Publishing house: University of California Press
Sale Popularity Level: 580293
Studio: University of California Press
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This sweeping, vibrant narrative chronicles the history of the Mexican community in Los Angeles. Douglas Monroy unravels the dramatic, complex story of Mexican immigration to Los Angeles during the early decades of the twentieth century and shows how Mexican immigrants re-created their lives and their communities. Against the backdrop of this newly created cityscape, Rebirth explores pivotal aspects of Mexican Los Angeles during this time--its history, political economy, popular culture--and depicts the creation of a time and place unique in Californian and American history.
Mexican boxers, movie stars, politicians, workers, parents, and children, American popular culture and schools, and historical fervor on both sides of the border all come alive in this literary, jargon-free chronicle. In addition to the colorful unfolding of the social and cultural life of Mexican Los Angeles, Monroy tells a story of first-generation immigrants that provides important points of comparison for understanding other immigrant groups in the United States.
Monroy shows how the transmigration of space, culture, and reality from Mexico to Los Angeles became neither wholly American nor Mexican, but México de afuera, 'Mexico outside,' a place where new concerns and new lives emerged from what was both old and familiar. This extremely accessible work uncovers the human stories of a dynamic immigrant population and shows the emergence of a truly transnational history and culture. Rebirth provides an integral piece of Chicano history, as well as an important element of California urban history, with the rich, synthetic portrait it gives of Mexican Los Angeles.
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This well-researched book documents the significant history of Mexican Americans in Los Angeles, from the turn of the century until the Great Depression. Immigrants from Mexico called their new life in Los Angeles México afuera, or Mexico outside, describing the process through which their new American lives emerged from the old ways and customs. The book is interesting enough to appeal to a wide audience, beyond the scholarly and university audience for which it was written.
Esto bien-investigo' documentos del libro la historia significativa de americanos mexicanos en Los Ángeles, de la vuelta del siglo hasta la gran depresión. Los inmigrantes de México llamaron su nueva vida en Los Ángeles México de afuera, o México afuera, describiendo el proceso con el cual sus nuevas vidas americanas emergieron de las viejos maneras y costumbres. El libro es bastante interesante de abrogar a una audiencia ancha, más allá de las audiencias de estudiante y de la universidad para quienes fue escrito.
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