The University of California Press  is pleased to announce the publication of:

Street Meeting: Multiethnic Neighborhoods in Early Twentieth-Century Los Angeles

Now Available in Paperback!

Mark Wild is Assistant Professor of History at California State University, Los Angeles.

http://go.ucpress.edu/StreetMeeting

“Fascinating. . . . A rare and important addition to the rich literature on ethnic and racial experiences in Los Angeles.”-_Journal of American Ethnic History _

Immigrant neighborhoods of the early twentieth century have commonly been viewed as segregated, homogeneous slums isolated from the larger “American” city. But as Mark Wild demonstrates in this new study of Los Angeles, such districts often nurtured dynamic, diverse environments where residents interacted with individuals of other races and cultures. In fact, as his engaging account makes clear, between 1900 and 1940 such multiethnic areas mushroomed in Los Angeles. _Street Meeting, _enriched with oral histories, reminiscences, newspaper reports, and other sources, examines interactions among working-class Mexicans, Chinese, Japanese, Jews, Italians, African Americans, and others, reminding us that Los Angeles has been a multiethnic city since its birth. This study further argues that these ethnic interactions played a crucial role in the urban development of the United States during the early decades of the twentieth century.

Full information about the book, including the table of contents, is available online: http://go.ucpress.edu/StreetMeeting