{"product_id":"boyle-heights-9780520237070","title":"Boyle Heights","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Pathbreaking civic history. . . . A historical journey through the beginning, middle, and present of one of Los Angeles’s most prominent neighborhoods. Sánchez counters the fear that shrouds its image and allows us to understand why this neighborhood is the way it is — powerful and pure of heart.\" * Los Angeles Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In the annals of Chicanx history, only a few historians stand heads and shoulders above the rest. One of those is George J. Sánchez whose recent publication . . . leaves off where his award-winning \u003ci\u003eBecoming Mexican American\u003c\/i\u003e made its mark roughly three decades ago.”\u003c\/p\u003e * Latino Book Review *\u003cbr\u003e\"A remarkable book.\" * Housing Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The author has written this valuable history in clear and concise language. Scholars as well as civic activists and government officials concerned with social and racial justice and with urban planning will find the book useful and enlightening. It would also work well in graduate and upper-level undergraduate courses concerned with those areas. The interested layperson will find it straightforward and comprehensible​.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Journal of Urban Affairs *\u003cbr\u003e\"Coherent, sweeping, dazzling.\"  * Pacific Historical Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Maps and Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter One • Introduction: A Multiracial Map for America\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Two • Making Los Angeles\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Three • From Global Movements to Urban Apartheid\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Four • Disposable People, Expendable Neighborhoods \u003cbr\u003e Chapter Five • Witnesses to Internment\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Six • The Exodus from the Eastside\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Seven • Edward R. Roybal and the Politics of Multiracialism\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Eight • Black and Brown Power in the Barrio\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Nine • Creating Sanctuary\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Ten • Remembering Boyle Heights\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Time Line\u003cbr\u003e Mayor and City Council Lists\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402818920791,"sku":"9780520237070","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520237070.jpg?v=1730481599","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/boyle-heights-9780520237070","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}