Five fires : race, catastrophe, and the shaping of California /
Wyatt, David,1948-
Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co.,
c1997.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-279) and index.
The wild oat: the Spanish and American conquests -- The Gold Rush: men without women -- Exclusion, the Chinese, and the daughter's arrival -- The San Francisco earthquake and fire: the culture of spectacle -- The politics of water: the shift south -- World War II: Low Angeles and the production of anger -- Relocation, the Japanese and the twice divorced -- From Watts to South Central: internalizing the fire.
Culture conflict
Fires