James Zarsadiaz

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Resisting Change in Suburbia: Asian Immigrants and Frontier Nostalgia in L.A. Volume 67Paperback, 18 October 2022

Resisting Change in Suburbia: Asian Immigrants and Frontier Nostalgia in L.A. Volume 67
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Part of Series
American Crossroads
Print Length
306 pages
Language
English
Publisher
University of California Press
Date Published
18 Oct 2022
ISBN-10
0520345851
ISBN-13
9780520345850

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2023 Lawrence W. Levine Award Winner, Organization of American Historians

Between the 1980s and the first decade of the twenty-first century, Asian Americans in Los Angeles moved toward becoming a racial majority in the communities of the East San Gabriel Valley. By the late 1990s, their "model minority" status resulted in greater influence in local culture, neighborhood politics, and policies regarding the use of suburban space. In the "country living" subdivisions, which featured symbols of Western agrarianism including horse trails, ranch fencing, and Spanish colonial architecture, white homeowners encouraged assimilation and enacted policies suppressing unwanted "changes"--that is, increased density and influence of Asian culture. While some Asian suburbanites challenged whites' concerns, many others did not. Rather, white critics found support from affluent Asian homeowners who also wished to protect their class privilege and suburbia's conservative Anglocentric milieu. In Resisting Change in Suburbia, award-winning historian James Zarsadiaz explains how myths of suburbia, the American West, and the American Dream informed regional planning, suburban design, and ideas about race and belonging.

Product Details

Author:
James Zarsadiaz
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
18 October 2022
Dimensions:
22.61 x 15.24 x 2.03 cm
ISBN-10:
0520345851
ISBN-13:
9780520345850
Language:
English
Pages:
306
Weight:
453.59 gm

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