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“East of East” to Hit the Shelves in February

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Our first book tells the story of America’s multiethnic suburbia, and reimagines public history through the vivid lives of anarchists, farmworkers, punks, writers and more in the San Gabriel Valley.

Guest January 24, 2020 East of East, public history, publishing, SEMAP

From Small Farming to Urban Agriculture: El Monte and Subsistence Homesteading

“People want to get outdoors … and the small farms home gives them that opportunity,” Ross H. Gast […]

Ryan Reft June 15, 2015 1930s, 1940s, California, East of East, Los Angeles, SEMAP, urban studies

Who Were the Monte Boys?

“Law And Order Monte Boys Style” is the title of a chapter in one of the more recent […]

South El Monte Arts Posse June 10, 2015 California, East of East, Los Angeles, race, SEMAP

¡La Lucha Continua! Gloria Arellanes and the Making of a Chicano Movement in El Monte and Beyond

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“So we moved here to El Monte, and I remember all the neighbors were white,” recalled Gloria Arellanes […]

South El Monte Arts Posse January 22, 2015 Chicano history, East of East, feminism, gender, Los Angeles, politics, radical politics, SEMAP

Pain and Pride: Five Rapid-Fire Reflections on a Big Weekend of “History in Action”

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(This post is part of our ongoing attempt to “live-blog” our participation in community-based history in South El […]

nickjuravich January 14, 2015 Asian American history, California, Chicano history, digital humanities, East of East, Los Angeles, Mexican Americans, oral history, SEMAP

East of East: Mapping Community Narratives at Mountain View H.S.

Hello Everyone on the Internet! In continuing our live-blog on History in Action, here is the second of […]

Guest January 9, 2015 California, Chicano history, East of East, Los Angeles, memory, Mexican Americans, oral history, public history, suburbanization, Uncategorized, urban studies

Live-Blogging Public History, or How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Collaboration

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Hey, internet! We’re Daniel Morales and Nick Juravich, a pair of grad students in history from Columbia University […]

Guest January 7, 2015 California, East of East, oral history, public history, SEMAP

10911 Michael Hunt Drive

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After my home, Epiphany is the place that looms largest in my South El Monte life. It was […]

South El Monte Arts Posse July 9, 2014 California, East of East, Los Angeles, religion, SEMAP

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