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Shared Spaces, Separate Lives: Community Formation In The California Citrus Industry During The Great Depression, David Gregory Shanta Jan 2012

Shared Spaces, Separate Lives: Community Formation In The California Citrus Industry During The Great Depression, David Gregory Shanta

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The California citrus industry was the engine for the economic and cultural development of twentieth century Southern California. This thesis aims to contribute to the literature by focusing where possible, on the experiences of the small landholding "ranchers," who collectively held the power of the large landholders, and on the experiences of Mexican workers, who despite marginalization, pooled their economic and social resources, and persisted in place.


A Comparison Of The Acculturation Of The Chicano And The Chinese People In California At Two Periods In Time, 1848-1880 And 1960-1970, Nellie Sehestedt Jan 1982

A Comparison Of The Acculturation Of The Chicano And The Chinese People In California At Two Periods In Time, 1848-1880 And 1960-1970, Nellie Sehestedt

Theses Digitization Project

The acculturation of alien groups and the degree of assimilation they acheved, is the subject of this study.