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1 online resource |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue : Billy's parade -- Billy's migration -- LA on the cusp -- The quest -- A foot in the door -- The hand of man -- Rome, 1923 -- The great migration -- Protecting the image -- A bolt from the blue -- Planting a seed -- Then came the crash -- Berlin, 1930 -- A sacred duty -- Desperate hours -- Competing narratives -- Playing his cards -- A lush new world -- A parallel universe -- The games -- A footing in the world. |
| Summary |
"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 Realtors," William May (Billy) Garland, a prominent figure in early Los Angeles. In important respects, the story of Billy Garland is the story of Los Angeles. After arriving in Southern California in 1890, he helped drive much of the city's historic expansion in the first two decades of the twentieth century, and then, from 1920 to 1932, he directed the city's bid for the 1932 Olympic Games. Garland's quest to host the Olympics provides an unusually revealing window onto a particular time, place, and way of life. Reconstructing the narrative from Garland's visionary notion to its consequential aftermath, Barry Siegel shows how one man's grit and imagination made California history"--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Garland, William May, 1866-1948.
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Olympic Games (10th : 1932 : Los Angeles, Calif.)
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Olympic Games. |
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Olympic host city selection -- 1932.
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Olympic host city selection. |
| Chronological Term |
1932 |
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Hosting of sporting events -- California -- Los Angeles.
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Hosting of sporting events. |
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California -- Los Angeles. |
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City planning -- California -- Los Angeles.
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City planning. |
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HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Siegel, Barry, 1949- Dreamers and schemers. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019] 9780520298583 (DLC) 2019009743 |
| ISBN |
0520970640 (electronic book) |
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9780520970649 (electronic book) |
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9780520298583 (hardcover alkaline paper) |
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