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Category Archive: 1940s

All They Will Call You: A Look at the Lost History of Deportation and a Tragic 1948 Flight

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All They Will Call You (The University of Arizona Press, 2017) is Tim Z. Hernandez’s attempt at telling […]

Rubén January 23, 2017 1940s, 1950s, agriculture, California, Chicano, Chicano history, Mexican Americans

Charles and Ray Eames: How Wartime L.A. Shaped the Mid-Century Modern Aesthetic

During the mid-1990s, while working evenings and weekends on her PhD dissertation on 18th-century Philadelphia, veteran Library of […]

Ryan Reft October 11, 2016 1940s, arts, California, cities, design, Los Angeles, World War II, WWII

From Villa to Pacquiao: Filipino Boxing in L.A. and the Power of a Transnational Punch

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Nearly one year ago last may, Manny Pacquiao and Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr. battled 12 rounds in what was […]

Ryan Reft May 2, 2016 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, American Studies, Asian American history, Asian Americans, Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, boxing, California, Los Angeles, Manny Pacquiao, race, sports, transnational history, Uncategorized

Black History Month Part III: Race, Taxes and Schools in Compton, CA

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“To be educated in my Baltimore mostly meant always packing an extra number 2 pencil and working quietly,” […]

Guest February 15, 2016 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, African American history, California, Education, Los Angeles

Donald Trump’s (and America’s?) Latino Problem: Oranges, Immigration, and Labor in Southern California

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When Donald Trump bellowed his now-famous screed against immigration, accusing Mexican migrants of crime, disease, and more or […]

Ryan Reft September 16, 2015 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, agriculture, California, Chicano, immigration, labor, Los Angeles, Mexican Americans, Mexico, politics, suburbanization

A Clear Blue Vision: L.A. Light Rail and Twenty Five Years of the Blue Line

In a 2012 interview with transit scholar Ethan Elkind, Richard Stanger, former Los Angeles County Transit Commission rail […]

Ryan Reft July 14, 2015 1940s, 1980s, 1990s, built environment, California, Los Angeles, transportation, urban studies

The Somme at 99: WWI, Death, and the Trap of Technology

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“The nearer to the Front one goes, naturally, the more blasted the countryside becomes. Beyond Roeselare, the land […]

Ryan Reft July 1, 2015 1940s, Europe, France, Germany, military history, WWI

Noiring L.A.: Double Indemnity, Black Dahlia, and the Fears of Postwar America

Last night marked the second season debut of HBO’s True Detective. If last year’s Woody Harrelson and Matthew […]

Ryan Reft June 22, 2015 1940s, California, film, Los Angeles, noir, suburbanization

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