The Los Angeles Barrio, 1850-1890

"Provides the first detailed analysis of the changes that transformed one of the most important Mexican pueblos in the Southwest into a Chicano urban barrio."—Western Historical Quarterly

"Los Angeles Chicanos emerge not as the homogeneous, passive victims of stereotypical fame, but as internally diverse, active participants in the simultaneous struggles to maintain their sociocultural fabric and to capture a part of the American Dream."—American Historical Review