The Other California : Land, Identity, and Politics on the Mexican Borderlands / Verónica Castillo-Muñoz.

Author/Creator:

Castillo-Muñoz, Verónica author.

Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2016]

Series:

Western Histories ; 9

Format/Description:

Book
1 online resource

Subjects:

Land reform -- Mexico -- Baja California (Peninsula) -- History.

Language:

In English.

System Details:

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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Summary:

The Other California is the story of working-class communities and how they constituted the racially and ethnically diverse landscape of Baja California. Packed with new and transformative stories, the book examines the interplay of land reform and migratory labor on the peninsula from 1850 to 1954, as governments, foreign investors, and local communities shaped a vibrant and dynamic borderland alongside the booming cities of Tijuana, Mexicali, and Santa Rosalia. Migration and intermarriage between Mexican women and men from Asia, Europe, and the United States transformed Baja California into a multicultural society. Mixed-race families extended across national borders, forging new local communities, labor relations, and border politics.

Contents:

Frontmatter
Contents
List of Illustrations
List of Tables and Maps
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Mexican Borderlands
1. Building The Mexican Borderlands
2. The Making Of Baja California's Multicultural Society
3. Revolution, Labor Unions, and Land Reform in Baja California
4. Conflict, Land Reform, and Repatriation in the Mexicali Valley
5. Mexicali's Exceptionalism
Conclusion: The "All-Mexican" Train
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Sep 2019)

Contributor:

De Gruyter.

Contained In:

De Gruyter University Press Library.

ISBN:

9780520966727

OCLC:

962257611

Publisher Number:

10.1525/9780520966727 doi

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.

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