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Becky M. Nicolaides

My Blue Heaven

Life and Politics in the Working-Class Suburbs of Los Angeles, 1920-1965

430 pages, 4 color plates, 11 halftones, 9 maps, 5 line drawings, 17 tables  6 x 9  © 2002
Series: Historical Studies of Urban America

Cloth $81.00

ISBN: 9780226583006   Published May 2002

Paper $28.00

ISBN: 9780226583013   Published May 2002

List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. The Quest for Independence, 1920-1940
1. Building Independence in Suburbia
2. Peopling the Suburb
3. The Texture of Everyday Life
4. The Politics of Independence
Part II. Closing Ranks, 1940-1965
5. "A Beautiful Place"
6. The Suburban Good Life Arrives
7. The Racializing of Local Politics
Epilogue
Acronyms for Collections and Archives
Notes
Awards
  • Donald H. Pflueger Local History Award
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