Los Angeles: Biography of a City

Los Angeles: Biography of a City – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780520342927,0520342925

Product details:

• ISBN 10:0520342925
• ISBN 13:9780520342927
• Author: John Walton Caughey, LaRee Caughey 

Los Angeles, City of Angels. A city with a remarkable history, over 200 years old. Interwoven with the Caughey’s commentary are over 100 of the choicest essays on Los Angeles. The saga of cowtown turned post-war metropolis unfolds before the reader.

Table contents:

1. The gabrielino and their home
2. The Spaniards steal the scene
3. Pastoral interlude
4. American takeover
5. An American city emerges
6. Specter of no growth
7. Autos and movies and oil
8. A time of catastrophe
9. Adjusting to war and to peace
10. MegalopolisCity limits or new horizons
11. Prospects of new horizons
12. Acknowledgments
13. Selected readings

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