Boyle Heights, 59: How a Los Angeles Neighborhood Became the Future of American Democracy, Hardcover - George J. Sánchez

Reducere. The radical history of a dynamic, multiracial American neighborhood. "When I think of the future of the United States, and the history that matters...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): George J. SanchezNumber of pages: 390Collection: American CrossroadsPublication date: 2022Dimen...

Reducere. The success and survival of American democracy have never been guaranteed. Political polarization, presidential eccentricities, the trustworthiness...

Reducere. Twentieth-century Los Angeles has been the locus of one of the most profound and complex interactions between variant cultures in American history....

Reducere. Boyle Heights was one of the earliest residential areas outside of Los Angeles's original pueblo. From the 1920s through the 1950s, it was the city...

Reducere. In this searing memoir, Congressman Jamie Raskin tells the story of the forty-five days at the start of 2021 that permanently changed his life--and...

Reducere. Sir Romeo Beau is a sweet and unique basset hound service-work doggie. In recent years, basset hounds have increasingly been used as therapy dogs b...

Reducere. Through people-to-people encounters, we expand our sense of mutual understanding and respect.Welcome Back to Abuja Once Again: How I Became a Citiz...

Reducere. What if our neighbors were our friends? When Lynda MacGibbon moved from a small city in eastern Canada to a high-rise apartment in Toronto, she dec...

DescriptionThe 2020 presidential election will determine the very survival of American democracy. To restore popular faith in government--and win t...

A lively and bold blueprint for moving beyond the "era of institutional failure" by transforming our outmoded political and economic systems to be ...

Reducere. Baltimore Congressman Elijah Cummings was known for saying "We're better than this." He said it in Baltimore, a city on the verge of explosion over...

Reducere. Mexican American Baseball in East Los Angeles highlights the unforgettable teams, players, and coaches who graced the hallowed fields of East Los A...

An expanded and revised version of our guide How To Find Old LA, this book delves deep into the City Of Angels' best-preserved treasures - from a r...

Reducere. A clever story about using your imagination, and a little duct tape, to create an EPIC adventure in your own backyard.Join this young adventurer as...

Why women's voices are outnumbered online and what we can do about it, by a New York Times comment moderator. If you've read the comments posted by...

Los Angeles in the American Journals of Petru Comarnescu and Stelian Tanase - Georgiana Lolea

The first book taking stock of a new left generationPublisher: Verso BooksAuthor(s): Raina LipsitzNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2022Dimensi...

Reducere. She has been called America's princess - and with good reason. Long before she married a prince, Grace Kelly had the looks and bearing of royalty. ...

Reducere. Faith, Nationalism, and the Future of Liberal Democracy highlights the use of religious identity to fuel the rise of illiberal, nationalist, and po...

Part memoir, part call to action, this young readers' edition dives into the inspiring life of the late U.S. Representative Elijah Cummings--from c...

Thom Andersen's Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003), hailed as "a city symphony in reverse, " challenges whether the movies have ever really depicted L...

A fiercely elegant and wide-ranging history of L.A.'s Dickensian extremes and Pynchonesque conspiraciesNo metropolis has been more loved or more ha...

Reducere. In J. L. Torres's second story collection Migrations, the inaugural winner of the Tomás Rivera Book Prize, a "sucio" goes to an underground clinic ...

Reducere. The City of Angels? No burg this side of the Pearly Gates could live up to such a moniker, and L.A. isn't even trying. You won't see many inhabitan...

Reveals the important role of Muslim Americans in American politics Since the 1950s, and especially in the post-9/11 era, Muslim Americans have pla...

Reducere. The Civil War tends to be remembered as a vast sequence of battles, with a turning point at Gettysburg and a culmination at Appomattox. But in the ...

Reducere. Howard Johnson created an orange-roofed empire of ice cream stands and restaurants that stretched from Maine to Florida and all the way to the West...

Reducere. From Pariah to Priority gives a unique, insider perspective that explains the unexpected incorporation of LGBTI rights into the United States and S...

Reducere. DescriptionWelcome to the colorful, flamboyant, and wonderful world of Mexican American boxing in Los Angeles. From the minute they stepped into th...

John Dewey was America's greatest public philosopher. A prolific and influential writer for both scholarly and general audiences, he stands out for...

Reducere. Seoul Food is a creative non-fiction book about the lives of second-generation Korean Americans growing up in Los Angeles County-the Mecca for the ...

DescriptionA sweeping history of Los Angeles told through the lens of the many marginalized groups--from hobos to taggers--that have used the city'...

Reducere. Told in the words of Isaac, a Choctaw boy who does not survive the Trail of Tears, How I Became a Ghost is a tale of innocence and resilience in th...

Description'This is essential' Margaret Atwood on Twitter'The single best book that I have read about the populist, authoritarian trend that is rem...

Reducere. Above Los Angeles II, Hardcover

Reducere. Thompson's investigative chops are impressive. --SIERRA MAGAZINE San Juan County, Utah, contains some of the most spectacular landscapes in the wor...

The fifth edition of Gender and Elections offers a multi-faceted account of how gender shapes the electoral process through the 2020 elections. Cha...

Reducere. In this compelling narrative of capitalist development and revolutionary response, Jessica M. Kim reexamines the rise of Los Angeles from a small t...

The fight for a $15 minimum wage. Nationwide teacher strikes. Bernie Sanders's political revolution and the rise of AOC. Black Lives Matter. #MeToo...

DescriptionFrom the award-winning author of The Great Trouble comes a story of espionage, survival, and friendship during World War II. Bertie Brad...