The Shifting Grounds of Race

by Kurashige, Scott

• ISBN13: 9780691146188
• ISBN10: 0691146187
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-03-15
• Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr

Summary

Los Angeles is now known as a world city characterized by multiculturalism and globalization. Yet less than a century ago, its political leaders proudly proclaimed themselves white supremacists. In The Shifting Grounds of Race, Scott Kurashige highlights the role African Americans and Japanese Americans played in the social and political struggles that remade twentieth-century Los Angeles.

Author Biography

Scott Kurashige is associate professor of history, American culture, and Asian/Pacific Islander American studies at the University of Michigan.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. ix
List of Tables	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Constructing the Segregated City	p. 13
Home Improvement	p. 36
Racial Progress and Class Formation	p. 64
In the Shadow of War	p. 91
Japanese American Internment	p. 108
The “Negro Victory” Movement	p. 132
Bronzeville and Little Tokyo	p. 158
Toward a Model Minority	p. 186
Black Containment	p. 205
The Fight for Housing Integration	p. 232
From Integration to Multiculturalism	p. 259
Conclusion	p. 286
Abbreviations	p. 295
Notes	p. 297
Acknowledgments	p. 331
Index	p. 333
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