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 and the physical environment, creating a social and spatial rupture that endures to this day.
| ISBN: | 9780300141238 |
| Publication date: | 18th October 2013 |
| Author: | David Samuel TorresRouff |
| Publisher: | Yale University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 376 pages |
| Series: | The Lamar Series in Western History |
| Genres: |
History and Archaeology Social and cultural history |
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 and the physical environment, creating a social and spatial rupture that endures to this day.
Before L.A features in the following genres: History and Archaeology, Social and cultural history
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Before L.A was written by David Samuel TorresRouff and published by Yale University Press
Before L.A has 376 pages
Yes it is part of The Lamar Series in Western History series