@book {revoyr_student_2019,
	title = {A Student of History},
	year = {2019},
	note = {OCLC: on1088412708},
	publisher = {Akashic Books},
	organization = {Akashic Books},
	address = {New York},
	abstract = {"Rick Nagano is a graduate student in the history department at USC, struggling to make rent on his South Los Angeles apartment near the neighborhood where his family once lived. When he lands a job as a research assistant for the elderly Mrs. W--, the heir to an oil fortune, he sees it first simply as a source of extra cash. But as he grows closer to the iconoclastic, charming, and feisty Mrs. W--, he gets drawn into a world of privilege and wealth far different from his racially mixed, blue-collar beginnings. Putting aside his half-finished dissertation, Rick sets up office in Mrs. W--{\textquoteright}s grand Bel Air mansion and begins to transcribe her journals - which document an old Los Angeles not described in his history books. He also accompanies Mrs. W-- to venues frequented by the descendants of the land and oil barons who built the city. One evening, at an event, he meets Fiona Morgan - the elegant scion of an old steel family - who takes an interest in his studies. Irresistibly drawn to Fiona, he agrees to help her with a project of questionable merit in the hopes he{\textquoteright}ll win her favor. A Student of History explores both the beginnings of Los Angeles and the present-day dynamics of race and class. It offers a window into the usually hidden world of high society, and the influence of historic families on current events. Like Great Expectations and The Great Gatsby, it features, in Rick Nagano, a young man of modest means who is navigating a world where he doesn{\textquoteright}t belong." (from dust jacket)},
	keywords = {Aristocracy (Social class), California, Domestic fiction, Fiction, FICTION / Literary, Graduate students, Los Angeles (Calif.), Social classes},
	isbn = {978-1-61775-664-1},
	url = {http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/99153754515803941/catalog},
	author = {Revoyr, Nina}
}
