From the Mountains to the Sea - A History of Los Angeles 9783849648442

From the Mountains to the Cities: A History of Buddhist Propagation in Modern Korea 9780824876159

At the start of the twentieth century, the Korean Buddhist tradition was arguably at the lowest point in its 1,500-year

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Zev's Los Angeles: From Boyle Heights to the Halls of Power. A Political Memoir 9798887191683

This is the story of Zev Yaroslavsky, a young social activist, who became one of Los Angeles’ most powerful and conseque

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A People's Guide to Los Angeles 9780520953345

A People’s Guide to Los Angeles offers an assortment of eye-opening alternatives to L.A.’s usual tourist destinations. I

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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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ELADATL: A History of the East Los Angeles Dirigible Air Transport Lines 0872867706, 9780872867703

A breathtaking free fall into the long-buried (and fictional) history of a utopian era in American lighter-than-air trav

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My Los Angeles: From Urban Restructuring to Regional Urbanization 9780520957633

At once informative and entertaining, inspiring and challenging, My Los Angeles provides a deep understanding of urban d

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

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Waiting for the sun : a rock 'n' roll history of Los Angeles 9780879309435, 0879309431

British rock historian Barney Hoskyns (Hotel California, Across the Great Divide: The Band in America) examines the long

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L.A. City Limits: African American Los Angeles from the Great Depression to the Present 9780520939868

In 1964 an Urban League survey ranked Los Angeles as the most desirable city for African Americans to live in. In 1965 t

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Tuberculosis and the Politics of Exclusion: A History of Public Health and Migration to Los Angeles 9780813543826

Though notorious for its polluted air today, the city of Los Angeles once touted itself as a health resort. After the ar

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