Whitewashed Adobe The Rise of Los Angeles and the Remaking of Its Mexican Past

Name: Whitewashed Adobe The Rise of Los Angeles and the Remaking of Its Mexican Past
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ISBN: 9780520246676

ISBN-10: 0520246675

ISBN-13: 9780520246676

Edition: 2005

Authors: William Francis Deverell

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Chronicling the rise of Los Angeles through shifting ideas of race and ethnicity, William Deverell offers a unique perspective on how the city grew and changed.Whitewashed Adobeconsiders six different developments in the history of the city--including the cementing of the Los Angeles River, the outbreak of bubonic plague in 1924, and the evolution of America's largest brickyard in the 1920s. In an absorbing narrative supported by a number of previously unpublished period photographs, Deverell shows how a city that was once part of Mexico itself came of age through appropriating--and even obliterating--the region's connections to Mexican places and people. Deverell portrays Los Angeles…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 8/3/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 349
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English



List of Illustrations and Maps


Acknowledgments


Introduction: City of the Future



The Unending Mexican War



History on Parade



Remembering a River



The Color of Brickwork is Brown



Ethnic Quarantine



The Drama of Los Angeles History


Conclusion: Whitewashed Adobe


Notes