Immigrants - United States, United States - Ethnic & Race Relations, Demography - United States, California - Major Cities - History, Ethnology
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Overview
Ethnic Los Angeles presents a multi-investigator study of Los Angeles's immigrant population. Using U.S. census data for the past three decades, essays on each of L.A.'s major ethnic groups tell us where these new Americans live and work, why they came to Los Angeles, and the nature of their families and social networks. The contributors also give a history of immigration policy and discuss the economic forces that have made the city a magnet for immigrants.Editorials
Booknews
Fifteen scholarly contributions give historical perspectives and then discuss changing demographics in Los Angeles between 1970 and 1990. They look at residential patterns, language, the labor market, and ethnic and gender divisions of labor in the manufacturing economy. Chapters devoted to the major ethnic groups in Los Angeles discuss such issues as the Mexican-origin population<-->permanent working class or emerging middle class?; Central Americans<-->at the bottom struggling to get ahead; Asians<-->the "model minority" deconstructed. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Book Details
Published
May 1, 1996
Publisher
New York : Russell Sage Foundation, c1996.
Pages
497
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780871549013