Making the San Fernando Valley: Rural Landscapes, Urban Development, and White Privilege (Geographies of Justice and Social Transformation Ser.)

Synopsis

Pt. 1. Creating The Foundations Of Rural Whiteness, 1900-1960 -- Creating Whiteness Through Gentleman Farming -- Narrating Conquest In Local History -- Producing Western Heritage In The Postwar Suburb -- Pt. 2. Consolidating Rural Whiteness, 1960-2000 -- Protecting Rurality Through Horse-keeping In The Northeast Valley -- Linking Western Heritage And Environmental Justice In The West San Fernando Valley -- Pt. 3. Rural Whiteness In The Twenty-first Century -- Urban Restructuring And The Consolidation Of Rural Whiteness -- Beliefs About Landscape, Anxieties About Change -- Rural Culture And The Politics Of Multiculturalism. Laura R. Barraclough. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.