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    Little Manila is in the heart : the making of the Filipina/o American community in Stockton, California / Dawn Bohulano Mabalon.

    By: Mabalon, Dawn Bohulano [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Durham : Duke University Press, 2013Description: xvi, 442 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmISBN: 9780822353393Subject(s): Filipinos -- California -- Stockton -- History -- 20th century | Immigrants -- California -- Stockton -- History -- 20th century | Filipino Americans -- California -- Stockton -- History -- 20th century | Stockton (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century | Filipinos | Immigrants | California -- Stockton | Filipinos | Stockton, Calif | 1900-1999Genre/Form: History.DDC classification: 305.899/21073079455 LOC classification: F870.F4 | M33 2013
    Contents:
    Introduction : remembering Little Manila -- Putting down roots : 1898-1940s -- From the provinces to the delta -- Toiling in the "valley of opportunity" -- Making a Filipina/o American world in Stockton -- Growing a community : 1930s-1960s -- Women, families and the second generation -- Seeking spiritual sustenance -- The watershed of World War II -- Destruction and displacement : 1968-2010 -- Losing El Dorado Street -- Building a Filipina/o American movement in Stockton -- Epilogue : coming home to Little Manila.
    Summary: A history tracing the growth of Stockton, California's Filipina/o American community, the birth and eventual destruction of the neighborhood of Little Manila, and recent efforts to remember and preserve it. --Publisher's description.
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    		F870 .F4 M33 2013 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) 1 Available STACKS 51952000192671
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    		F870 .F4 M33 2013 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) 1 Available STACKS 51952000192664

    Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-422) and index.

    A history tracing the growth of Stockton, California's Filipina/o American community, the birth and eventual destruction of the neighborhood of Little Manila, and recent efforts to remember and preserve it. --Publisher's description.

    Introduction : remembering Little Manila -- Putting down roots : 1898-1940s -- From the provinces to the delta -- Toiling in the "valley of opportunity" -- Making a Filipina/o American world in Stockton -- Growing a community : 1930s-1960s -- Women, families and the second generation -- Seeking spiritual sustenance -- The watershed of World War II -- Destruction and displacement : 1968-2010 -- Losing El Dorado Street -- Building a Filipina/o American movement in Stockton -- Epilogue : coming home to Little Manila.

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