The fragmented metropolis : Los Angeles, 1850-1930 /

"Here with a new preface, a new foreword, and an updated bibliography is the definitive history of Los Angeles from its beginnings as an agricultural village of fewer than 2,000 people to its emergence as a metropolis of more than 2 million in 1930 -- a city whose distinctive structure, charact...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fogelson, Robert M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1993.
Colección:Classics in urban history ; 3.
Temas:
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
Areas metropolitanas.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > History.
California > Los Angeles
Los Angeles.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • - part I. Los Angeles, 1850-1930: from pueblo to town
  • Private enterprise, public authority, and urban expansion
  • The rivalry between Los Angeles and San Diego
  • The great migration
  • Transportation, water, and real estate
  • Commercial and industrial progress
  • Part II. The fragmented metropolis: the urban landscape
  • The failure of the electric railways
  • The quest for community
  • The politics of progressivism
  • The municipal ownership movement
  • City and regional planning.

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