Book ID: CBB646453225

Resisting Change in Suburbia: Asian Immigrants and Frontier Nostalgia in L.A. (2022)

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James Zarsadiaz (Author)


University of California Press


Publication Date: 2022
Physical Details: 306
Language: English

Between the 1980s and the first decade of the twenty-first century, Asian Americans in Los Angeles moved toward becoming a racial majority in the communities of the East San Gabriel Valley. By the late 1990s, their "model minority" status resulted in greater influence in local culture, neighborhood politics, and policies regarding the use of suburban space. In the "country living" subdivisions, which featured symbols of Western agrarianism including horse trails, ranch fencing, and Spanish colonial architecture, white homeowners encouraged assimilation and enacted policies suppressing unwanted "changes"—that is, increased density and influence of Asian culture. While some Asian suburbanites challenged whites' concerns, many others did not. Rather, white critics found support from affluent Asian homeowners who also wished to protect their class privilege and suburbia's conservative Anglocentric milieu. In Resisting Change in Suburbia, award-winning historian James Zarsadiaz explains how myths of suburbia, the American West, and the American Dream informed regional planning, suburban design, and ideas about race and belonging.

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Authors & Contributors
Daigger, Glen T.
Wilson, Matthew
Premchand Dommaraju
Deverall, William
Pradhan, Rajesh
Bai, Xuemai
Concepts
Urban planning
Cities and towns
Architecture
Technology and society
Infrastructure
Design
Time Periods
21st century
20th century, late
20th century, early
20th century
Modern
19th century
Places
Los Angeles (California)
United States
Roman Empire
Bombay (India)
Mumbai (India)
St. Louis (Missouri, U.S.)
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