CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Overture: The Good News of Empire
1. The Violence and the Music, April–December 1899
2. Shaming a Diaspora
3. Love Notes from a Third-Conditional World
4. What Comes after a Chance
5. The Rainbow Sign and the Fire, Every Time Los Angeles Burns
Afterthought: The Passing of Multiculturalism
Notes
Works Cited
Index
About the Author