| Before L.A.: Race, Space, and Municipal Power in Los Angeles, 1781-1894 Contributor(s): Torres-Rouff, David Samuel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0300141238 ISBN-13: 9780300141238 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $84.15 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Discrimination & Race Relations - History | United States - 19th Century - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) |
| Dewey: 979.494 |
| LCCN: 2013003567 |
| Series: Lamar Series in Western History |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.1" W x 9.4" (1.45 lbs) 376 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: David Torres-Rouff significantly expands borderlands history by examining the past and original urban infrastructure of one of America's most prominent cities; its social, spatial, and racial divides and boundaries; and how it came to be the Los Angeles we know today. It is a fascinating study of how an innovative intercultural community developed along racial lines, and how immigrants from the United States engineered a profound shift in civic ideals and the physical environment, creating a social and spatial rupture that endures to this day. |