Strategies of Segregation
Book • 2017
David G. Garcia's work explores how segregation in California towns was produced through deliberate policies and local power structures rather than accident.
Focusing on places like Oxnard, the book traces the role of agricultural interests, local institutions, and social hierarchies in constructing segregated spaces.
Garcia emphasizes community and institutional practices that sustained inequality, providing a model for comparative regional studies.
His analysis influenced later scholars to consider economic and political drivers behind segregation, not just racial ideology.
The book is important for scholars examining the intersection of labor, race, and local politics in Southwest U.S.
history.
Focusing on places like Oxnard, the book traces the role of agricultural interests, local institutions, and social hierarchies in constructing segregated spaces.
Garcia emphasizes community and institutional practices that sustained inequality, providing a model for comparative regional studies.
His analysis influenced later scholars to consider economic and political drivers behind segregation, not just racial ideology.
The book is important for scholars examining the intersection of labor, race, and local politics in Southwest U.S.
history.
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