Street meeting: multiethnic neighborhoods in early twentieth-century Los Angeles

Abstract

List of Illustrations and Tables Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Familiarity of Foreign Quarters: The Central Los Angeles Populace in the Early Twentieth Century 2. Building the White Spot of America: The Corporate Reconstruction of Ethnoracial Los Angeles 3. The Church of All Nations and the Quest for Indigenous Immigrant Communities 4. Many Children at Once and So Many Kinds: The World of Central City Children 5. Mixed Couples: Love, Sex, and Marriage across Ethnoracial Lines 6. Preaching to Mixed Crowds: Ethnoracial Coalitions and the Political Culture of Street Speaking 7. The Streets Run Red: The Communist Party and the Resurgence of Coalition Street Politics Conclusion. From Central Neighborhood to Inner City: The Triumph of Corporate Liberal Urbanization Notes Bibliography Index