Richard Griswold del Castillo is Professor of Chicano/Chicana Studies at San Diego State University.
The Los Angeles Barrio, 1850-1890 A Social History
Table of Contents
List of Tables, Maps, and Illustrations
Preface
I. EL PUEBLO DE LOS ANGELES
The Indian Tradition
The Settlement of Los Angeles
Early Population Data
The California Culture
The Age of the Ranchos
California Politics
American Contacts
The Mexican War in Los Angeles
2. EXCLUSION FROM A DEVELOPING ECONOMY
Socioeconomic Changes
Occupational Mobility
3. CHANGES IN THE URBAN FAMILY
The Traditional Family
Relations Between the Sexes
Marriage and Intermarriage
The Family and Fertility
The Family and Education
The Family and Literacy
The Family and Socioeconomic Mobility
4. AN EMERGING ETHNIC CONSCIOUSNESS
Violence
Discrimination
Repatriation
Ethnic Newspapers and Organizations
5. ISOLATION: GEOGRAPHIC, POLITICAL, SPIRITUAL
Geographic Segregation
Political Decline
Religious Segregation
CONCLUSION
APPENDIX A. THE CENSUSES
1. Census Sources Used in Tables
2. Discussion of Methods and Procedures
3. Statistical Errors in the Census
4. The 1850 and 1852 California Censuses
5. Problems in Classifying Mexican-Americans in the Census
6. Analysis of Mexican-American Family Relationships
APPENDIX B. MEXICAN-AMERICAN OCCUPATIONS, 1850-1880
APPENDIX C. THE LOS ANGELES CITY DIRECTORIES AND SOCIAL RESEARCH
Glossary
Bibliography
Index