The battle for Beverly Hills
Subtitle: a city's independence and the birth of celebrity politics
By: Nancie Clare
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9781250121349
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Rich people; Social conditions; Celebrities; Biography; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-263) and index.
Table of contents: title: Rancho Rodeo de las Aguas and the Invention of Beverly Hills; title: The Beverly Hills Hotel and the Birth of Its Namesake City; title: Setting the Stage; title: A Crash Course in Influence; title: Veni, Vidi, Vici; title: The War Against Hollywood and the Lasting Legacy of Bad Behavior; title: Meanwhile, in Beverly Hills ...; title: "California's Floating Kidney Transplanted from the Midwest"; title: Dramatis Personae; title: Playing with Fire; title: On Their Own.