Shameful Victory : The Los Angeles Dodgers, the Red Scare, and the Hidden History of Chavez Ravine.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (232 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Part I. Building a Unique Barrio -- 1. Mexicans on the Hilltop: Gaining a Foothold, 1830-1929 -- 2. Prelude to a Crisis: Race, Patriotism, and Public Housing in Depression and War, 1929-1949 -- Part II. Public Housing, Evictions, and the Impact of the Red Scare -- 3. "Struggling to Keep Our Homes": The Evictions Crisis, 1950-1952 -- 4. Political Consequences: The Defeat of Public Housing and the Triumph of Corporate Modernism, 1950-1953 -- Part III. Building Dodger Stadium -- 5. L.A. Pursues the Brooklyn Dodgers, 1957-1959 -- 6. Dodger Success and the History of Minority Displacement in Los Angeles, 1870-1970 -- Part IV. Chavez Ravine in the Light of Subsequent History -- 7. Have L.A.'s Urban Renewal Policies Been Successfully Reformed? -- 8. Chavez Ravine's Cultural Legacy -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Index.
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Public housing-California-Los Angeles. Mexican Americans-California-Los Angeles-History-20th century. Hispanic American neighborhoods-California-Los Angeles-History-20th century. Land use-California-Los Angeles-History-20th century. Mexican Americans-California-Los Angeles-Social conditions. Chávez Ravine (Los Angeles, Calif.)-History-20th century. Los Angeles (Calif.)-Politics and government-20th century. Los Angeles (Calif.)-Race relations-History-20th century.