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Making Lemonade out of Lemons

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Making Lemonade out of Lemons Synopsis

Out of the “lemons” handed to Mexican American workers in Corona, California--low pay, segregated schooling, inadequate housing, and racial discrimination--Mexican men and women made “lemonade” by transforming leisure spaces such as baseball games, parades, festivals, and churches into politicized spaces where workers voiced their grievances, debated strategies for  advancement, and built solidarity. Using oral history interviews, extensive citrus company records, and his own experiences in Corona, José Alamillo argues that Mexican Americans helped lay the groundwork for civil rights struggles and electoral campaigns in the post-World War II era.

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ISBN: 9780252073250
Publication date: 27th April 2006
Author: José M. Alamillo
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 248 pages
Series: Statue of Liberty Ellis Island
Genres: Social and cultural history
Social and cultural history
Industrial relations, occupational health and safety
History of the Americas
Local history
Society and culture: general
Ethnic studies