Landscapes of Desire
Subtitle: Anglo Mythologies of Los Angeles
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: May 31, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 297
ISBN-13: 9780520234659
Subjects: American history; American studies; Urban communities; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; History: American; History; History - U.S.; California; United States - State & Local - General; History / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY); General
First sentence: The concrete blocks of Lloyd Wright's 1926 Sowden House in Los Feliz (Fig. 1) "came alive," an architectural historian writes, "in the sharply contrasting sun and shadows of pre-smog Los Angeles."