The Other California

Land, Identity, and Politics on the Mexican Borderlands
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-0-520-29163-8
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 238 mm x 163 mm, Gewicht: 404 g

Reihe: Western Histories

The Other California is the story of working-class communities and how they constituted the racially and ethnically diverse landscape of Baja California. Packed with new and transformative stories, the book examines the interplay of land reform and migratory labor on the peninsula from 1850 to 1954, as governments, foreign investors, and local communities shaped a vibrant and dynamic borderland alongside the booming cities of Tijuana, Mexicali, and Santa Rosalia. Migration and intermarriage between Mexican women and men from Asia, Europe, and the United States transformed Baja California into a multicultural society. Mixed-race families extended across national borders, forging new local communities, labor relations, and border politics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Castillo-Munoz, Veronica

Castillo-Muñoz, Verónica

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte Regionalgeschichte der USA: Einzelne Staaten, Städte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
List of Tables and Maps
Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Mexican Borderlands
1. Building the Mexican Borderlands
2. The Making of Baja California’s Multicultural Society
3. Revolution, Labor Unions, and Land Reform in Baja California
4. Conflict, Land Reform, and Repatriation in the Mexicali Valley
5. Mexicali’s Exceptionalism
conclusion: the “All-Mexican” Train

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Verónica Castillo-Muñoz is Assistant Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara.