Endowment
Lisa See Endowment Fund in Southern California History and Culture
Established by the critically acclaimed and bestselling author, this Endowment Fund supports the publication of books that plumb the region’s fascinating past and celebrate its thriving multicultural diversity.
37 Results
Smog and Sunshine: The Surprising Story of How Los Angeles Cleaned Up Its Air
by Ann Carlson (Author)Apr 2026
Health as Property: Racial Capitalism and Sexual Liberalism in Los Angeles
by Nic John Ramos (Author)Dec 2025
Golden States: How California Religion Went from Cautionary Tale to Global Brand
by Eileen Luhr (Author)Sep 2024
The Power of Chinatown: Searching for Spatial Justice in Los Angeles
by Laureen D. Hom (Author)Jun 2024
The Marvelous Ones: Drugs, Gang Violence, and Resistance in East Los Angeles
by Randol Contreras (Author)Apr 2024
A Place at the Nayarit: How a Mexican Restaurant Nourished a Community
by Natalia Molina (Author)Feb 2024
Self Help Graphics at Fifty: A Cornerstone of Latinx Art and Collaborative Artmaking
by Tatiana Reinoza (Editor), Karen Mary Davalos (Editor)Apr 2023
Resisting Change in Suburbia: Asian Immigrants and Frontier Nostalgia in L.A.
by James Zarsadiaz (Author)Oct 2022
Transborder Los Angeles: An Unknown Transpacific History of Japanese-Mexican Relations
by Yu Tokunaga (Author)Oct 2022
Boyle Heights: How a Los Angeles Neighborhood Became the Future of American Democracy
by George J. Sánchez (Author)Jul 2022
A People's Guide to Orange County
by Elaine Lewinnek (Author), Gustavo Arellano (Author), and 1 moreJan 2022
Dreamers and Schemers: How an Improbable Bid for the 1932 Olympics Transformed Los Angeles from Dusty Outpost to Global Metropolis
by Barry Siegel (Author)Sep 2020
Fruteros: Street Vending, Illegality, and Ethnic Community in Los Angeles
by Rocío Rosales (Author)May 2020
American Prophet: The Life and Work of Carey McWilliams
by Peter Richardson (Author), Mike Davis (Foreword by)Mar 2019
Los Angeles Documentary and the Production of Public History, 1958-1977
by Joshua Glick (Author)Jan 2018
Strategies of Segregation: Race, Residence, and the Struggle for Educational Equality
by David G. García (Author)Jan 2018
Water and Los Angeles: A Tale of Three Rivers, 1900-1941
by William F. Deverell (Author), Tom Sitton (Author)Oct 2016Open Access
Making Los Angeles Home: The Integration of Mexican Immigrants in the United States
by Rafael Alarcon (Author), Luis Escala (Author), and 3 moreMar 2016
