Before L.A.: Race, Space, and Municipal Power in Los Angeles, 1781-1894
(Part of the The Lamar Series in Western History Series)
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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...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0300141238
ISBN13:9780300141238
Release Date:September 2013
Publisher:Yale University Press
Length:376 Pages
Weight:1.45 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 6.1" x 9.4"
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