"This is a rich and learned volume that has a story to tell to those seeking to understand contemporary Southern California."--David Johnson, managing editor of the "Pacific Historical Review" "Engagingly written and well researched, "California Vieja" is an intriguing, persuasive examination of the politics of memory and the built environment in southern California."--Vicki Ruiz, author of "From Out of the Shadows: Mexican Women in Twentieth-Century America"
