Title A connected metropolis : Los Angeles elites and the making of a modern city, 1890-1965 / Maxwell Johnson

Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2023]

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 335 pages) : illustrations Contents Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: "The Damnedest Place" -- Snapshot: Los Angeles, 1890 -- 1. Command Post or Outpost? -- 2. Borderlands Fortress -- Snapshot: Los Angeles, 1920 -- 3. "Virtually on the Edge of a Desert" -- 4. The Perils of Exceptionalism -- Snapshot: Los Angeles, 1940 -- 5. "The Center of Japanese Intrigue and Activity in America" -- Coda: "Where They All Are Headed" -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index Summary "A Connected Metropolis describes Los Angeles' rise in the early twentieth century as catalyzed by a series of upper-class debates about the city's connections to the outside world"-- Provided by publisher Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 21, 2023) Subject City promotion -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century Elite (Social sciences) -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century Upper class -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century Men, White -- California -- Los Angeles -- Attitudes -- History -- 20th century Racism -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century Urbanization -- California -- Los Angeles HISTORY / Social History. HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) Urbanization. Upper class. Social conditions. Racism. International relations. Elite (Social sciences) Economic history. City promotion. SUBJECT Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Relations Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century Subject California -- Los Angeles. Genre/Form History. Form Electronic book LC no. 2022045657 ISBN 9781496236678 149623667X 9781496236661 1496236661

Other Titles Los Angeles elites and the making of a modern city, 1890-1965

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