Author: 
Laura B. Rosenzweig
Reviewer: 
Brian Masaru Hayashi

Hayashi on Rosenzweig, 'Hollywood’s Spies: The Undercover Surveillance of Nazis in Los Angeles'

Laura B. Rosenzweig. Hollywood’s Spies: The Undercover Surveillance of Nazis in Los Angeles. Goldstein-Goren Series in American Jewish History Series. New York: New York University Press, 2017. xiii + 285 pp. $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-4798-5517-9

Author: 
Martha Gonzalez
Reviewer: 
Brad Wright

Wright on Gonzalez, 'Chican@ Artivistas: Music, Community, and Transborder Tactics in East Los Angeles'

Martha Gonzalez. Chican@ Artivistas: Music, Community, and Transborder Tactics in East Los Angeles. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2020. 184 pp. $29.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-4773-2113-3

Author: 
Max Felker-Kantor
Reviewer: 
Michan Connor

Connor on Felker-Kantor, 'Policing Los Angeles: Race, Resistance, and the Rise of the LAPD'

Max Felker-Kantor. Policing Los Angeles: Race, Resistance, and the Rise of the LAPD. Justice, Power, and Politics Series. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2018. 392 pp. $34.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-4696-4683-1.

Reviewed by Michan Connor (Independent Scholar) Published on H-California (September, 2019) Commissioned by Khal Schneider

Author: 
J. E. Smyth
Reviewer: 
Amanda Konkle

Konkle on Smyth, 'Nobody's Girl Friday: The Women Who Ran Hollywood'

J. E. Smyth. Nobody's Girl Friday: The Women Who Ran Hollywood. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. 328 pp. $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-084082-2.

Reviewed by Amanda Konkle (Georgia Southern University) Published on H-California (August, 2018) Commissioned by Khal Schneider

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Author: 
Kelly Lytle Hernández
Reviewer: 
Justin Gomer

Gomer on Hernández, 'City of Inmates: Conquest, Rebellion, and the Rise of Human Caging in Los Angeles, 1771-1965'

Kelly Lytle Hernández. City of Inmates: Conquest, Rebellion, and the Rise of Human Caging in Los Angeles, 1771-1965. Justice, Power, and Politics Series. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2017. 312 pp. $28.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-4696-3118-9.

Reviewed by Justin Gomer (California State University, Long Beach) Published on H-California (August, 2018) Commissioned by Khal Schneider

Author: 
Nicolas G. Rosenthal
Reviewer: 
Nathaniel Holly

Holly on Rosenthal, 'Reimagining Indian Country: Native American Migration and Identity in Twentieth-Century Los Angeles'

Nicolas G. Rosenthal. Reimagining Indian Country: Native American Migration and Identity in Twentieth-Century Los Angeles. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2012. xi + 239 pp. $39.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8078-3555-5.

Reviewed by Nathaniel Holly (College of William & Mary) Published on H-Florida (July, 2016) Commissioned by Jeanine A. Clark Bremer

Author: 
Elizabeth R. Escobedo
Reviewer: 
Tiffany J. González

González on Escobedo, 'From Coveralls to Zoot Suits: The Lives of Mexican American Women on the World War II Home Front'

Elizabeth R. Escobedo. From Coveralls to Zoot Suits: The Lives of Mexican American Women on the World War II Home Front. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2013. 240 pp. $34.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-4696-0205-9.

Reviewed by Tiffany J. González Published on H-SAWH (January, 2015) Commissioned by Lisa A. Francavilla

From Coveralls to Zoot Suits: The Lives of Mexican American Women on the World War II Home Front

Author: 
Elizabeth R. Escobedo
Reviewer: 
Elizabeth Jozwiak

Jozwiak on Escobedo, 'From Coveralls to Zoot Suits: The Lives of Mexican American Women on the World War II Home Front'

Elizabeth R. Escobedo. From Coveralls to Zoot Suits: The Lives of Mexican American Women on the World War II Home Front. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2013. 240 pp. $34.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-4696-0205-9.

Reviewed by Elizabeth Jozwiak (University of Wisconsin-Rock County) Published on H-USA (May, 2014) Commissioned by Donna Sinclair

Beyond Rosie the Riveter

Author: 
Elana Zilberg
Reviewer: 
Christine M. Lamberson

Lamberson on Zilberg, 'Space of Detention: The Making of a Transnational Gang Crisis between Los Angeles and San Salvador'

Elana Zilberg. Space of Detention: The Making of a Transnational Gang Crisis between Los Angeles and San Salvador. Durham: Duke University Press, 2011. 344 pp. $89.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8223-4713-2; $24.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8223-4730-9.

Reviewed by Christine M. Lamberson Published on H-California (August, 2013) Commissioned by Eileen V. Wallis

Author: 
Saba Soomekh
Reviewer: 
Erik Greenberg

Greenberg on Soomekh, 'From the Shahs to Los Angeles: Three Generations of Iranian Jewish Women between Religion and Culture'

Saba Soomekh. From the Shahs to Los Angeles: Three Generations of Iranian Jewish Women between Religion and Culture. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2012. 224 pp. $75.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-4384-4383-6; $24.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-4384-4384-3.

Reviewed by Erik Greenberg (Autry National Center) Published on H-Judaic (May, 2014) Commissioned by Jason Kalman

The Transnational Experiences of Persian Jewish Women

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