Los Angeles in the 1930s : the WPA guide to the City of Angels /

Describes a pivotal moment in Los Angeles history, when writers like Raymond Chandler, Nathanael West, and F. Scott Fitzgerald were creating the images and associations--and the mystique--for which the City of Angels is still known. Los Angeles in the 1930s a guide to the contemporary culture, with...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: WPA Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in Southern California
Otros Autores: Kipen, David
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2011.
Temas:
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
Buildings.
Manners and customs.
Travel.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Guidebooks.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > History.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Description and travel.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Buildings, structures, etc.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Social life and customs.
California > Los Angeles.
Guidebook
travel guidebooks.
Guidebooks.
History.
Guides touristiques.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Describes a pivotal moment in Los Angeles history, when writers like Raymond Chandler, Nathanael West, and F. Scott Fitzgerald were creating the images and associations--and the mystique--for which the City of Angels is still known. Los Angeles in the 1930s a guide to the contemporary culture, with a brief L.A. history, revisiting the Spanish colonial period, the Mexican period, the brief California Republic, and finally American sovereignty.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (lxviii, 433 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-419) and index.
ISBN:9780520948860
0520948866

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