A connected metropolis : Los Angeles elites and the making of a modern city, 1890-1965

A connected metropolis : Los Angeles elites and the making of a modern city, 1890-1965 /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Johnson, Maxwell, 1988- (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2023]
Subjects:
City promotion > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century.
Elite (Social sciences) > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century.
Upper class > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century.
Men, White > California > Los Angeles > Attitudes > History > 20th century.
Racism > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century.
Urbanization > California > Los Angeles.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Relations.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > History > 20th century.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: "The Damnedest Place"
  • Snapshot: Los Angeles, 1890
  • 1. Command Post or Outpost?
  • 2. Borderlands Fortress
  • Snapshot: Los Angeles, 1920
  • 3. "Virtually on the Edge of a Desert"
  • 4. The Perils of Exceptionalism
  • Snapshot: Los Angeles, 1940
  • 5. "The Center of Japanese Intrigue and Activity in America"
  • Coda: "Where They All Are Headed"
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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