Metropolis in the making Los Angeles in the 1920s / edited by Tom Sitton and William Deverell.

Other author Sitton, Tom, 1949-
Other author Deverell, William Francis.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press,
Descriptionxii, 371 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
City planning--California. --Los Angeles. --History. --20th century.
Nineteen twenties.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--History. --20th century.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Social conditions. --20th century.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Economic conditions. --20th century.

Contents Machine generated contents note: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS / ix --PREFACE / Xi --Introduction -- Metropolis in the Making: Los Angeles in the 1920o -- Jules Tygiel / i --PART ONE * METROPOLITAN SPACES / II --1. Industry and Imaginative Geographies -- Greg Hise / 13 --2. Mulholland Highway and the Engineering -- Culture of Los Angeles in the 192os -- Matthew W Roth / 45 --3. The Quest for Independence: Workers in the Suburbs -- Becky M. Nicolaides / 77 --4. Sunshine and the Open Shop: Ford and -- Darwin in 1920s Los Angeles -- Mike Davis / 96 --5. "Another World": Work, Home, and -- Autonomy in Blue-Collar Suburbs -- Nancy Quam-Wickham / i23 --PART TWO * METROPOLITAN IDENTITIES / 143 --6. The Star of Ethiopia and the NAACP, -- Pageantry, Politics, and the Los Angeles -- African American Community -- Douglas lamming / 145 -- 7. Making Mexico in Los Angeles -- Douglas Monroy / I61 --8. The View from Spring Street: -- White-Collar Men in the City of Angels -- Clark Davis / 179 --PART THREE * FAITH IN THE METROPOLIS / 199 --9. "Practically Every Religion Being Represented" -- Michael E. Engh, S.J. / 201 --10. Fighting Like the Devil in the City of Angels: -- The Rise of Fundamentalist Charles E. Fuller -- Philip Goff / 220 --PART FOUR* METROPOLITICS / 253 --11. How Hollywood Became Hollywood: -- Money, Politics, and Movies -- Steven j Ross / 255 --12. My America or Yours? Americanization and -- the Battle for the Youth of Los Angeles -- William Deverell / 277 --13. Did the Ruling Class Rule at City Hall in 192os Los Angeles? -- Tom Sitton / 302 --14. Behind the Scenes: Bronco Billy and the Realities -- of Work in Open Shop Hollywood -- Laurie Pintar / 319 --PART FIVE * THE END: METROPOLITAN FINALE / 339 --15. Selling Eternity in 1920s Los Angeles -- David Charles Sloane / 341 --CONTRIBUTORS / 36I --INDEX / 365.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 00057715
ISBN0520226267 (alk. paper)
ISBN0520226275 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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