{"product_id":"in-search-of-the-mexican-beverly-hills-latino-suburbanization-in-postwar-los-angeles-latinidad-transnational-cultures-in-the-united-states-9780813583167","title":"In Search of the Mexican Beverly Hills Latino","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Search of the Mexican Beverly Hills\u003c\/i\u003e examines the multilayered process by which Mexican Americans moved out of the barrios and emerged as a majority population in the San Gabriel Valley, and the impact that movement had on collective racial and class identity. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"By uncovering the hidden story of how Mexican Americans came to dominate the East Los Angeles suburbs, González not only offers much-needed insight into the postwar Mexican American experience, but also bridges Chicana\/o and suburban history in critical and heretofore unexplored ways.\" -- Monica Perales * author of Smeltertown: Making and Remembering a Southwest Border Community *\u003cbr\u003e\"González has produced a definitive work on the Mexican American suburban experience, full of nuance and surprises, and demanding a deep rethinking of the meaning of the American suburban dream.\" -- Becky Nicolaides * author of My Blue Heaven: Life and Politics in the Working-Class Suburbs of Los Angeles, 1920-1965 *\u003cbr\u003e\"Documents how Mexican-Americans came to be the majority population in the suburban San Gabriel Valley.\" * Chronicle of Higher Education *\u003cbr\u003e\"New Books Network\" podcast interview with Jerry Gonzalez  * New Books Network *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Lands of Mañana 14\u003cbr\u003e 2. Mexican Americans and the Suburban Ideal 46\u003cbr\u003e 3. El MAPA to the Suburban Ideal 75\u003cbr\u003e 4. Suburban Renewal 103\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: Let’s Take a Trip . . . 131\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments 139\u003cbr\u003e Notes 145\u003cbr\u003e Index 193","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038422171991,"sku":"9780813583167","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/in-search-of-the-mexican-beverly-hills-latino-suburbanization-in-postwar-los-angeles-latinidad-transnational-cultures-in-the-united-states-9780813583167","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}