Los Angeles's Boyle Heights

by Japanese American National Museum

• ISBN13: 9780738530154
• ISBN10: 0738530158
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-09-14
• Publisher: Arcadia Pub

Summary

Boyle Heights was one of the earliest residential areas outside of Los Angeles's original pueblo. From the 1920s through the 1950s, it was the city's most ethnically heterogeneous neighborhood with residents coming from such far-flung places as Mexico, Japan, England, Germany, Russia, and Armenia, as well as from the eastern, southern, and southwestern United States. Over the years, Boyle Heights has continued to be a focal point for new immigration. Transformed through the everyday interactions of its diverse residents as well as by political events occurring at the regional, national, and international levels, the neighborhood's historical and contemporary communities reflect the challenges and potential of living in a pluralistic society.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 6
Introduction: Boyle Heights, A Los Angeles Intersection	p. 9
"All Roads Lead to Boyle Heights"	p. 11
East of the Los Angeles River	p. 25
"East Side Greeting, We Welcome All"	p. 33
Faith in a Community	p. 45
The Heart of the Eastside	p. 55
World War II: "To Solve the World's Problems"	p. 63
Cold War Fears and Postwar Dreams	p. 83
Growing Up on the Eastside	p. 89
The Power of Place	p. 121
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