Dreamers and schemers : how an improbable bid for the 1932 Olympics transformed Los Angeles from dusty outpost to global metropolis /

"Dreamers and Schemers chronicles how Los Angeles's pursuit and staging of the 1932 Olympic Games during the depths of the Great Depression helped fuel the city's transformation from a seedy frontier village to a world-famous metropolis. Leading that pursuit was the "Prince of Re...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Siegel, Barry, 1949- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Garland, William May, > 1866-1948.
Olympic Games > (10th : > 1932 : > Los Angeles, Calif.)
Olympic Games
1932
Olympic host city selection > 1932.
Hosting of sporting events > California > Los Angeles.
City planning > California > Los Angeles.
Accueil d'événements sportifs > Californie > Los Angeles.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
City planning
Hosting of sporting events
Olympic host city selection
California > Los Angeles
1890.
1920 to 1932.
1932 olympics.
1932.
allies.
billy garland.
california history.
california.
consequential aftermath.
great depression.
grit.
historic expansion.
los angeles.
olympic games.
olympics.
prince of realtors.
seedy frontier village.
southern california.
transformation.
united states.
visionary notion.
william may garland.
world famous metropolis.
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