The golden fortress : California's border war on Dust Bowl refugees
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Published
Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2022].
Format
Book
ISBN
9781641606042, 1641606045
Physical Desc
viii, 232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Status
Central Library - Adult Nonfiction - Nonfiction Area
305.906 LASCHER
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Published
Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2022].
Language
English
ISBN
9781641606042, 1641606045

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-219) and index.
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"In February 1936, Los Angeles police officers drove hundreds of miles to California's state borders with one mission: turn back anyone deemed too poor to enter. Myths of the Golden State's abundance enticed thousands of Americans uprooted by the Depression, but those who created those myths saw only invading criminal "hordes" that they believed just one man could stop: James "Two-Gun" Davis, Los Angeles's authoritarian police chief. The Golden Fortress tells the story of Davis's audacious deployment of hand-picked armed police slamming California's door on America's Dust Bowl refugees and Depression-displaced migrants. It depicts the sometimes deadly consequences of law enforcement politicized and weaponized against the poor, even in remote places like Modoc County, where a sheriff's opposition to the blockade inflamed an already smoldering feud between an itinerant newsman and a publisher obsessed with her California heritage"--,Amazon.com.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Lascher, B. (2022). The golden fortress: California's border war on Dust Bowl refugees . Chicago Review Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Lascher, Bill. 2022. The Golden Fortress: California's Border War On Dust Bowl Refugees. Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Review Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Lascher, Bill. The Golden Fortress: California's Border War On Dust Bowl Refugees Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Review Press, 2022.

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Lascher, B. (2022). The golden fortress: california's border war on dust bowl refugees. Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Review Press.

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Lascher, Bill. The Golden Fortress: California's Border War On Dust Bowl Refugees Chicago Review Press, 2022.

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