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East Los Angeles: History of a Barrio

East Los Angeles: History of a Barrio

Romo, Ricardo

Paperback

AnthropologyGeneral Racism & Ethnic StudiesGeneral World History

ISBN10: 0292720416
ISBN13: 9780292720411
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: Jan 1 1983
Pages: 232
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.82 Depth: 8.94
Language: English

This is the story of the largest Mexican-American community in the United States, the city within a city known as East Los Angeles. How did this barrio of over one million men and women-occupying an area greater than Manhattan or Washington D.C.-come to be?

Although promoted early in this century as a workers' paradise, Los Angeles fared poorly in attracting European immigrants and American blue-collar workers. Wages were low, and these workers were understandably reluctant to come to a city which was also troubled by labor strife. Mexicans made up the difference, arriving in the city in massive numbers.

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