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Living the California dream : African American leisure sites during the Jim Crow era / Alison Rose Jefferson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jefferson, Alison R., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Recreation--California, Southern--History--20th century.
- African Americans.
- Leisure--Social aspects--California, Southern--History--20th century.
- Leisure.
- Resorts--Social aspects--California, Southern--History--20th century.
- Resorts.
- African American neighborhoods--California, Southern--History--20th century.
- African American neighborhoods.
- Discrimination in public accommodations--California, Southern--History--20th century.
- Discrimination in public accommodations.
- African Americans--California, Southern--Social conditions--20th century.
- California, Southern--Race relations--History--20th century.
- California, Southern.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- "Alison Rose Jefferson examines how African Americans pioneered America's "frontier of leisure" by creating communities and business projects in conjunction with their growing population in Southern California during the nation's Jim Crow era"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Historical context of leisure, the California dream, and the African American experience
- Before Beach blanket bingo: the politics of remembering African American leisure and removal in Los Angeles County at Bruce's Beach
- Race, real estate, and remembrance in Santa Monica's Ocean Park neighborhood
- Lake Elsinore: a Southern California resort town mecca for African American pleasure seekers
- Welcome to the Parkridge: adventures of African Americans in Southern California exurban country club and subdivision development during the 1920s
- Eureka! Race, leisure, subdivisions, promoters, and gambling on the California dream.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on print record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781496219305
- 1496219309
- 9781496219282
- 1496219287
- OCLC:
- 1128407852
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