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THE POLITICS OF DIVERSITY
IMMIGRATION, RESISTANCE AND CHANGE IN MONTEREY PARK, CALIFORNIA |
| By: |
John E. Horton, etc. |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£58.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1566393272 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781566393270 |
| Publisher: |
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY PRESS,U.S. |
| Pub. date: |
25 July, 1995 |
| Pages: |
296 |
| Description: |
Presenting a story of Monterey Park, this book shows how long-time residents and new immigrants deal with commonality and diversity. It offers an account of immigration and change: the decline of the loyal old-boy Anglo network; the rise of women, minorities, and immigrants in politics; and a transformation of ethnic and American identities. |
| Synopsis: |
Advertised in Asia as "The Chinese Beverly Hills," this small city minutes east of downtown Los Angeles, became by the late 1970s a regional springboard for a new type of Chinese immigration suburban and middle class with a diversified and globally-oriented economy. Freed from the isolation of old Chinatowns, new immigrants now confronted resistance from more established Anglo, Asian American, and Latino neighbors, whose opposition took the form of interconnected "English Only" and slow-growth movements. In "The Politics of Diversity", a multiethnic team of researches employ ethnography, interviewing, and exit polls to capture the process of change as newcomers and established residents come to terms with the meaning of diversity and identity in their everyday lives. The result is an engaging grass-roots account of immigration and change: the decline of the loyal old-boy Anglo network; the rise of women, minorities, and immigrants in the political scene; and a transformation of ethnic and American identities. John Horton is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles. |
| Illustrations: |
13 tables, 19 photographs, 3 maps |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Temple University Press,U.S. |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |