City of Inmates: Conquest, Rebellion, and the Rise of Human Caging in Los Angeles, 1771–1965 9781469631196, 2016039788, 9781469631189, 1469631199

William Mulholland and the Rise of Los Angeles 9780520929012

William Mulholland presided over the creation of a water system that forever changed the course of southern California&#

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Civil Racism: The 1992 Los Angeles Rebellion and the Crisis of Racial Burnout 0816699216, 9780816699216

The 1992 Los Angeles rebellion, also known as the Rodney King riots, followed the acquittal of four police officers who

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Secrets of Los Angeles: A Guidebook to the City of Angels in the 1920s 1568822138, 9781568822136

Chaosium Stock #23111 Secrets of Los Angeles is an informative resource for keepers should the trail of a mystery lead

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Performance and Activism : Grassroots Discourse after the Los Angeles Rebellion of 1992 9780739133583, 9780739133569

Much has been written about the Los Angeles riots of 1992, which brought out deep racial tensions throughout the city, e

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Whitewashed Adobe: The Rise of Los Angeles and the Remaking of Its Mexican Past 9780520932531

Chronicling the rise of Los Angeles through shifting ideas of race and ethnicity, William Deverell offers a unique persp

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The City of Vines; A History of Wine in Los Angeles 9781597143981

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Railtown: The Fight for the Los Angeles Metro Rail and the Future of the City 9780520957206

The familiar image of Los Angeles as a metropolis built for the automobile is crumbling. Traffic, air pollution, and spr

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City of Dignity: Christianity, Liberalism, and the Making of Global Los Angeles 9780226823775

City of Dignity illuminates how liberal Protestants quietly, yet indelibly, shaped the progressive ethics of postwar Los

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Los Angeles in the 1930s: The WPA Guide to the City of Angels 9780520948860

Los Angeles in the 1930s returns to print an invaluable document of Depression-era Los Angeles, illuminating a pivotal m

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The Rise and Fall of Urban Economies: Lessons from San Francisco and Los Angeles 9780804796026

The Rise and Fall of Great Urban Economies closely examines the divergent economic paths of San Francisco and Los Angele

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