Popular Culture in the Age of White Flight: Fear and Fantasy in Suburban Los Angeles Volume 13

(Book #13 in the American Crossroads Series)

by Eric Avila

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Los Angeles pulsed with economic vitality and demographic growth in the decades following World War II. This vividly detailed cultural history of L.A. from 1940 to 1970 traces the rise of a new suburban consciousness adopted by a generation of migrants who abandoned older American cities for Southern California's booming urban region. Eric Avila explores expressions of this new "white identity" in popular culture with provocative discussions of Hollywood...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0520248112

ISBN13:9780520248113

Release Date:April 2006

Publisher:University of California Press

Length:328 Pages

Weight:1.45 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.2" x 9.0"

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20th Century Historical Study & Educational Resources History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Politics & Social Sciences Social History Social Sciences Sociology State & Local Urban

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Popular Culture in the Age of White Flight: Fear and Fantasy in Suburban Los Angeles Volume 13

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