Imperial Metropolis : Los Angeles, Mexico, and the Borderlands of American Empire, 1865-1941 /

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"In this ... narrative of capitalist development and revolutionary response, Jessica Kim chronicles the imperial visions of the Los Angeles civic elites who fueled the city's phenomenal growth between the Civil War and World War II. Driven by the belief that an enterprising white-run city...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kim, Jessica M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
International relations.
Economics.
Economic history.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
United States.
Mexico.
California > Los Angeles.
États-Unis > Expansion territoriale > Aspect economique.
Mexique > Histoire > 1910-1920 (Revolution) > Aspect economique.
United States > Territorial expansion > Economic aspects.
Mexico > History > Revolution, 1910-1920 > Economic aspects.
Mexico > Relations > California > Los Angeles.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Relations > Mexico.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Economic conditions > 19th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"In this ... narrative of capitalist development and revolutionary response, Jessica Kim chronicles the imperial visions of the Los Angeles civic elites who fueled the city's phenomenal growth between the Civil War and World War II. Driven by the belief that an enterprising white-run city deserved to control a nonwhite periphery, wealthy Angelenos invested heavily in Mexican industries such as agriculture, petroleum, mining, and tourism, and transformed the countryside of northern Mexico, both to enrich themselves and to develop their home city as a new site of empire"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (304 pages).
ISBN:9781469651361

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