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Author Fogelson, Robert M.

Title The fragmented metropolis : Los Angeles, 1850-1930 / by Robert M. Fogelson ; foreword by Robert Fishman.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [1993]
©1993

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Description 1 online resource (xxxii, 362 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Classics in urban history ; 3
Classics in urban history ; 3.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-296) and index.
Summary "Here with a new preface, a new foreword, and an updated bibliography is the definitive history of Los Angeles from its beginnings as an agricultural village of fewer than 2,000 people to its emergence as a metropolis of more than 2 million in 1930 -- a city whose distinctive structure, character, and culture foreshadowed much of the development of urban America after World War II."--Publisher description.
Contents Introduction --- part I. Los Angeles, 1850-1930: from pueblo to town -- Private enterprise, public authority, and urban expansion -- The rivalry between Los Angeles and San Diego -- The great migration -- Transportation, water, and real estate -- Commercial and industrial progress -- Part II. The fragmented metropolis: the urban landscape -- The failure of the electric railways -- The quest for community -- The politics of progressivism -- The municipal ownership movement -- City and regional planning.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Fogelson, Robert M. Fragmented metropolis. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1993 0520082303 (DLC) 92029078 (OCoLC)26504415
ISBN 9780520913615 (electronic book)
0520913612 (electronic book)
0585209758 (electronic book)
9780585209753 (electronic book)
0520082303 (paperback ; alkaline paper)