Making Lemonade Out of Lemons: Mexican American Labor and Leisure in a California Town 1880-1960 by Jose Alamillo

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Making Lemonade Out of Lemons: Mexican American Labor and Leisure in a California Town 1880-1960

Jose Alamillo

220 pages paperback

2 editions

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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...

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