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Pasadena before the roses : race, identity, and land use in southern California, 1771-1890

Title
Pasadena before the roses : race, identity, and land use in southern California, 1771-1890 / Yvette J. Saavedra.
Author
Saavedra, Yvette J.
Publication
  • Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2018.
  • ©2018

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Description
x, 267 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
Summary
"Incorporated in 1886 by midwestern settlers known as the Indiana Colony, the City of Pasadena has grown into a world-famous tourist destination recognized for the beauty of its Tournament of Roses Parade, the excitement of the annual Rose Bowl, and the charm of the Old Town District. But what existed before the roses? Before it was Pasadena, this land was Hahamog'na, the ancestral lands of the Tongva people. Later, it comprised the heart of the San Gabriel Mission lands, and in the Mexican period, it became Rancho San Pascual. The 1771 Spanish conquest of this land set in motion several colonial processes that would continue into the twentieth century and beyond. In Pasadena Before the Roses, historian Yvette J. Saavedra examines a period of 120 years to illustrate the interconnectedness of power, ideas of land use, and the negotiation of identity within multiple colonial moments. By centering the San Gabriel Mission lands as the region's economic, social, and cultural foundation, she shows how Indigenous, Spanish, Mexican, and American groups each have redefined the meanings of land use to build their homes and their lives. These visions have resulted in competing colonialisms that framed the racial, ethnic, gender, and class hierarchies of their respective societies."--Page [2] of cover.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-259) and index.
Contents
The mission period. The Spanish colonial project: Franciscans, missions, and land use in Alta California -- Making the region: the mission economy, independence, and liberalism -- Rise of the Rancho. Secularization and the rise of the Rancho: creating San Pascual, 1833-1843 -- The markings of Californio culture and status: constructing class -- The American period. The age of transformation: San Pascual becomes American, 1843-1872 -- The Indiana colony: becoming the crown of the valley, 1873-1890.
Call Number
JFE 18-9604
ISBN
  • 9780816535538
  • 0816535531
LCCN
2018009205
OCLC
1031341678
Author
Saavedra, Yvette J., author.
Title
Pasadena before the roses : race, identity, and land use in southern California, 1771-1890 / Yvette J. Saavedra.
Publisher
Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2018.
Copyright Date
©2018
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-259) and index.
Chronological Term
1700-1899
Research Call Number
JFE 18-9604
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