Description |
1 online resource (xxxii, 362 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Series |
Classics in urban history ; 3
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Classics in urban history ; 3.
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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.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Fogelson, Robert M. Fragmented metropolis. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1993 0520082303 (DLC) 92029078 (OCoLC)26504415 |
ISBN |
9780520913615 (electronic book) |
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0520913612 (electronic book) |
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0585209758 (electronic book) |
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9780585209753 (electronic book) |
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0520082303 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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