The Los Angeles Barrio, 1850-1890: A Social History

by Castillo Richard Griswold del and Richard Griswold del Castillo

Book Overview

"An imponant book .... [which] provides the first detailed analysis of the changes that transformed one of the most important Mexican pueblos in the Southwest into a Chicano urban barrio. Using quantitative data together with traditional secondary and primary historical sources, the author traces the major socio-economic, political, and racial factors that evolved during the post-Mexican War decades and that created a subordinate status for Mexican...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520047737
• ISBN13: 9780520047730
• Release Date: August 1982
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.5"