A Connected Metropolis: Los Angeles Elites and the Making of a Modern City, 1890–1965 1496224329, 9781496224323

Metropolis in the Making: Los Angeles in the 1920s 9780520935525

Los Angeles came of age in the 1920s. The great boom of that decade gave shape to the L.A. of today: its vast suburban s

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Los Angeles and the Automobile: The Making of the Modern City 9780520911130

More comprehensive than any other book on this topic, Los Angeles and the Automobile places the evolution of Los Angeles

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Bohemian Los Angeles: and the Making of Modern Politics 9780520941694

Bohemian Los Angeles brings to life a vibrant and all-but forgotten milieu of artists, leftists, and gay men and women w

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Inventing Autopia: Dreams and Visions of the Modern Metropolis in Jazz Age Los Angeles 9780520943568

In 1920, as its population began to explode, Los Angeles was a largely pastoral city of bungalows and palm trees. Thirty

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The Connected City: How Networks are Shaping the Modern Metropolis 9781136236655, 1136236651

The Connected City explores how thinking about networks helps make sense of modern cities: what they are, how they work,

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The Speculative City: Art, Real Estate, and the Making of Global Los Angeles 9781452966014, 2020058508

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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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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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Dallas: The Making of a Modern City 9780292799608

From the ruthless deals of the Ewing clan on TV's "Dallas" to the impeccable customer service of Neiman-M

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Hazardous Metropolis: Flooding and Urban Ecology in Los Angeles 9780520930087

Although better known for its sunny skies, Los Angeles suffers devastating flooding. This book explores a fascinating an

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