Author: Laura R. Barraclough
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820336807
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
In the first book-length scholarly study of the San Fernando Valley—home to one-third of the population of Los Angeles—Laura R. Barraclough combines ambitious historical sweep with an on-theground investigation of contemporary life in this iconic western suburb. She is particularly intrigued by the Valley's many rural elements, such as dirt roads, tack-and-feed stores, horse-keeping districts, citrus groves, and movie ranches. Far from natural or undeveloped spaces, these rural characteristics are, she shows, the result of deliberate urbanplanning decisions that have shaped the Valley over the course of more than a hundred years. The Valley's entwined history of urban development and rural preservation has real ramifications today for patterns of racial and class inequality and especially for the evolving meaning of whiteness. Immersing herself in meetings of homeowners' associations, equestrian organizations, and redistricting committees, Barraclough uncovers the racial biases embedded in rhetoric about “open space” and “western heritage.” The Valley's urban cowboys enjoy exclusive, semirural landscapes alongside the opportunities afforded by one of the world's largest cities. Despite this enviable position, they have at their disposal powerful articulations of both white victimization and, with little contradiction, color-blind politics.
Making the San Fernando Valley
Author: Laura R. Barraclough
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820336807
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
In the first book-length scholarly study of the San Fernando Valley—home to one-third of the population of Los Angeles—Laura R. Barraclough combines ambitious historical sweep with an on-theground investigation of contemporary life in this iconic western suburb. She is particularly intrigued by the Valley's many rural elements, such as dirt roads, tack-and-feed stores, horse-keeping districts, citrus groves, and movie ranches. Far from natural or undeveloped spaces, these rural characteristics are, she shows, the result of deliberate urbanplanning decisions that have shaped the Valley over the course of more than a hundred years. The Valley's entwined history of urban development and rural preservation has real ramifications today for patterns of racial and class inequality and especially for the evolving meaning of whiteness. Immersing herself in meetings of homeowners' associations, equestrian organizations, and redistricting committees, Barraclough uncovers the racial biases embedded in rhetoric about “open space” and “western heritage.” The Valley's urban cowboys enjoy exclusive, semirural landscapes alongside the opportunities afforded by one of the world's largest cities. Despite this enviable position, they have at their disposal powerful articulations of both white victimization and, with little contradiction, color-blind politics.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820336807
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
In the first book-length scholarly study of the San Fernando Valley—home to one-third of the population of Los Angeles—Laura R. Barraclough combines ambitious historical sweep with an on-theground investigation of contemporary life in this iconic western suburb. She is particularly intrigued by the Valley's many rural elements, such as dirt roads, tack-and-feed stores, horse-keeping districts, citrus groves, and movie ranches. Far from natural or undeveloped spaces, these rural characteristics are, she shows, the result of deliberate urbanplanning decisions that have shaped the Valley over the course of more than a hundred years. The Valley's entwined history of urban development and rural preservation has real ramifications today for patterns of racial and class inequality and especially for the evolving meaning of whiteness. Immersing herself in meetings of homeowners' associations, equestrian organizations, and redistricting committees, Barraclough uncovers the racial biases embedded in rhetoric about “open space” and “western heritage.” The Valley's urban cowboys enjoy exclusive, semirural landscapes alongside the opportunities afforded by one of the world's largest cities. Despite this enviable position, they have at their disposal powerful articulations of both white victimization and, with little contradiction, color-blind politics.
The History of San Fernando Valley with Special Emphasis on the City of San Fernando
Author: Clifford M. Smith
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : San Fernando (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : San Fernando (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Mission San Fernando Rey de España
Author: Jacqueline Ching
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 9780823958931
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Discusses the founding, building, operation, closing and restoration of the Spanish mission in San Fernando and its role in California history.
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 9780823958931
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Discusses the founding, building, operation, closing and restoration of the Spanish mission in San Fernando and its role in California history.
The Year in San Fernando
Author: Michael Anthony
Publisher: Hodder Education
ISBN: 1398342572
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
There have been many great and enduring works of literature by Caribbean authors over the last century. The Caribbean Contemporary Classics collection celebrates these deep and vibrant stories, overflowing with life and acute observations about society. This luminous book recounted through the eyes of the 12-year-old Francis, describes the year he spends, far away from home, in San Fernando. As his initial confusion gives way to increasing confidence and maturity, the open consciousness of the boy allows different times, events and places to co-exist. Over the course of one year, through Francis' eyes, we see the cycle of natural change and progression; the daily round of the market, showing the fruits of different seasons, the passage of dry season to rainy and back again to dry, the cane fires as the crop comes to an end, all symbolising the progression of the boy's year. And weaving in and amongst these mundane but intense experiences Francis feels his way to some understanding of adulthood.
Publisher: Hodder Education
ISBN: 1398342572
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
There have been many great and enduring works of literature by Caribbean authors over the last century. The Caribbean Contemporary Classics collection celebrates these deep and vibrant stories, overflowing with life and acute observations about society. This luminous book recounted through the eyes of the 12-year-old Francis, describes the year he spends, far away from home, in San Fernando. As his initial confusion gives way to increasing confidence and maturity, the open consciousness of the boy allows different times, events and places to co-exist. Over the course of one year, through Francis' eyes, we see the cycle of natural change and progression; the daily round of the market, showing the fruits of different seasons, the passage of dry season to rainy and back again to dry, the cane fires as the crop comes to an end, all symbolising the progression of the boy's year. And weaving in and amongst these mundane but intense experiences Francis feels his way to some understanding of adulthood.
The San Fernando Valley
Author: Charles A. Bearchell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Visualizing the History of the San Fernando Valley
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Artists' books
Languages : en
Pages : 13
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Artists' books
Languages : en
Pages : 13
Book Description
San Fernando, Rey de España
Author: Kenneth E. Pauley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
For more than a century the history of the American Frontier, particularly the West, has been the speciality of the Arthur H. Clark Company. We publish new books, both interpretive and documentary, in small, high-quality editions for the collector, researcher, and library.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
For more than a century the history of the American Frontier, particularly the West, has been the speciality of the Arthur H. Clark Company. We publish new books, both interpretive and documentary, in small, high-quality editions for the collector, researcher, and library.
History of San Fernando Valley
Author: Frank McCleunan Keffer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : San Fernando Valley (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : San Fernando Valley (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
San Fernando Valley
Author: Marc Wanamaker
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738571706
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738571706
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
The San Fernando Valley
Author: Lawrence Charles Jorgensen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : San Fernando Valley (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : San Fernando Valley (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description