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The culture broker : Franklin D. Murphy and the transformation of Los Angeles /
Franklin Murphy? It's not a name that is widely known; even during his lifetime the public knew little of him. But for nearly thirty years, Murphy was the dominant figure in the cultural development of Los Angeles. Behind the scenes, Murphy used his role as confidant, family friend, and advisor...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
c2007.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | Franklin Murphy? It's not a name that is widely known; even during his lifetime the public knew little of him. But for nearly thirty years, Murphy was the dominant figure in the cultural development of Los Angeles. Behind the scenes, Murphy used his role as confidant, family friend, and advisor to the founders and scions of some of America's greatest fortunes--Ahmanson, Rockefeller, Ford, Mellon, and Annenberg--to direct the largesse of the wealthy into cultural institutions of his choosing. In this first full biography of Franklin D. Murphy (1916-994), Margaret Leslie Davis delivers the compe. |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (xv, 490 p., [24] p. of plates ) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 455-465) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520925557 0520925556 |