Category Archives: Books

California Crucible: The Forging of Modern American Liberalism

Review of Jonathan Bell’s California Crucible: The Forging of Modern American Liberalism in the current issue of The Review of Politics. Continue reading

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Judge Harold R. Medina

Judge Harold Medina became famous not for being the first Mexican American judge in modern history, but for a single high-profile trial. He presided over Dennis v. United States (1949), which grew out of the indictment of a dozen top leaders of the Communist Party USA. Continue reading

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Understanding Oxnard, Califronia

Curious Unions, an important new book on Mexican Americans in Oxnard, California, has its origins in stories about the author’s grandfather. Continue reading

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