Metropolis in the Making
Subtitle: Los Angeles in the 1920s
Contributors: Tom Sitton (Editor); William Deverell (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: August 6, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9780520226272
Subjects: Essays, journals, letters & other prose works; Local history; Social history; Inter-war period, 1918-1939; History - U.S.; City planning; United States - 20th Century; Nineteen twenties; History: American; California; Sociology - Urban; United States - State & Local - General; History / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY); 20th century; Economic conditions; History; Los Angeles; Los Angeles (Calif.); Social conditions
First sentence: Carey McWilliams, the patron saint of Los Angeles history, first arrived in the City of Angels at the dawn of the great boom of the 1920s.