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Shameful victory : the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Red Scare, and the hidden history of Chavez Ravine / John H. M. Laslett.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Laslett, John H. M., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public housing--California--Los Angeles.
- Public housing.
- Mexican Americans--California--Los Angeles--History--20th century.
- Mexican Americans.
- Hispanic American neighborhoods--California--Los Angeles--History--20th century.
- Hispanic American neighborhoods.
- Land use--California--Los Angeles--History--20th century.
- Land use.
- Mexican Americans--California--Los Angeles--Social conditions.
- Chávez Ravine (Los Angeles, Calif.)--History--20th century.
- Chávez Ravine (Los Angeles, Calif.).
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--Politics and government--20th century.
- Los Angeles (Calif.).
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--Race relations--History--20th century.
- Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles, Calif.)--History--20th century.
- Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles, Calif.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (232 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Tucson, Arizona : The University of Arizona Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "The book offers a history of Chavez Ravine with special attention to the period after World War II to the early 1960's, studying Los Angeles and its political structure, the contractions in policies around public housing, the impact on Mexican Americans, and the building of Dodger Stadium and the arrival of the team to Chavez Ravine"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Building a unique barrio
- Mexicans on the hilltop : gaining a foothold, 1830-1929
- Prelude to a crisis : race, patriotism, and public housing in depression and war, 1929-1949
- Public housing, evictions, and the impact of the Red Scare
- Struggling to keep our homes : the evictions crisis, 1950-1952
- Political consequences : the defeat of public housing and the triumph of corporate modernism, 1950-1953
- Building Dodger Stadium
- L.A. pursues the Brooklyn Dodgers, 1957-1959
- Dodger success and the history of minority displacement in Los Angeles, 1870-1990
- Chavez Ravine in the light of subsequent history
- Have LA's urban renewal policies been adequately reformed?
- Chavez Ravine's cultural legacy.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8165-3235-4
- OCLC:
- 918594822
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