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14.11.2024

The “World City” at Work: How Street Vendors Transformed Global L.A – The Metropole

By David Helps Jorge Cruz Cortes was still a teenager when the Los Angeles Police Department arrested him for selling household goods without a license in 1989. The eighteen-year-old from Oaxaca, Mexico had been in L.A. long enough to know how the legal system treated workers in the growing informal economy. An arrest meant fines…

The Metropole Blog

15.11.2024

The Metropole Bookshelf: Writing the Golden State: the New Literary Terrain of California – The Metropole

The Metropole Bookshelf is an opportunity for authors of forthcoming or recently published books to let the UHA community know about their new work in the field. Other entries in the series can be viewed here. By Romeo Guzmán I’m a historian who is weary of origin stories. In presenting Writing the Golden State: the New…

The Metropole Blog

19.11.2024

Creature of the Night: A Review of “Midnight Rambles: H. P. Lovecraft in Gotham” – The Metropole

David J. Goodwin. Midnight Rambles: H. P. Lovecraft in Gotham. New York: Fordham University Press, 2023. Reviewed by Peter C. Baldwin The horror fiction of Howard Phillips Lovecraft, which sends delightful chills down the spines of his many fans, draws its power from its monsters and creepy settings, not from human characters. Lovecraft’s florid prose…

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21.11.2024

Latinx Entrepreneurs in Philadelphia – A Legacy of Resilience and Growth – The Metropole

Editor’s note: This is the fourth post in our theme for November, The Latinx City. By Stephanie Rivera-Kumar Philadelphia, one of the oldest cities in the United States, has a vibrant history shaped by immigrant contributions that continue to affect its neighborhoods and economy. In recent years, Latinx immigrants from countries such as the Dominican…

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