California Vieja Culture and Memory in a Modern American Place

Name: California Vieja Culture and Memory in a Modern American Place
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ISBN: 9780520258044

ISBN-10: 0520258045

ISBN-13: 9780520258044

Edition: 2006

Authors: Phoebe S. Kropp

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The characteristic look of Southern California, with its red-tiled roofs, stucco homes, and Spanish street names suggests an enduring fascination with the region's Spanish-Mexican past. In this engaging study, Phoebe S. Kropp reveals that the origins of this aesthetic were not solely rooted in the Spanish colonial period, but arose in the early twentieth century, when Anglo residents recast the days of missions and ranchos as an idyllic golden age of pious padres, placid Indians, dashing caballeros and sultry senoritas. Four richly detailed case studies uncover the efforts of Anglo boosters and examine the responses of Mexican and Indian people in the construction of places that gave shape…

Book details

List price: $30.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 8/19/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Phoebe S. Kroppis Assistant Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania.



List of Illustrations


List of Tables


Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Locating the Past



Los Diacute;as Pasados: Tales from Nineteenth-Century California



The Road: El Camino Real and Mission Nostalgia



The Fair: Panama-California Exposition and Regional Ambitions



Living with the Past



The Home: Rancho Santa Fe and Suburban Style



The Market: Olvera Street and Urban Space



Conclusion: The Trouble with Red-Tile Roofs


Notes


Index