Competing Voices: A Critical History of Stockton, California

Revised and Enlarged Second Edition

by Ronald Eugene Isetti

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Giving Voice to the Voiceless

Stockton, California, is the most diverse city in the United States. This revised and enlarged second edition seeks to highlight, as the first edition also did, various groups that have often been ignored or given short shrift in the past: Native Americans, Chinese immigrants, Japanese internees, Filipino and Mexican farm workers, Sikhs, gays and lesbians, and women. The voiceless are given a voice. In light of current concerns, this second edition devotes more space to disease and pandemics in the history of Stockton, especially to the Great Influenza of 1918–1919, to endemic racism, and to police brutality. Much larger than the original edition and yet tighter, this new version contains two illustrative maps so readers can locate where important events have taken place. In many respects, this is a new book. But it remains “critical.” Shady characters, missed opportunities, and municipal pathologies are not overlooked or covered up, even while notable civic achievements and outstanding personalities are accorded due recognition.

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Paperback
Format: 6 x 9 Color Paperback, 623 pages
Publisher: Outskirts Press (Jan 29, 2021)
ISBN10: 197723674X
ISBN13: 9781977236746
Genre: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)

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Ronald Isetti attended the University of the Pacific, where he earned his bachelor’s and master’s degree. He was awarded his doctorate in American and Asian history by the University of California at Berkeley. For some thirty-five years, he taught American, Modern Chinese, and Modern Japanese History at Saint Mary’s College of California. He has written four books and published several articles on American history. Currently, he lives in retirement in Palm Springs, California, where he spends most of his time walking, reading, and writing.

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