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Torres-Rouff David Samuel <1973-> |
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Titolo |
Before L.A. : race, space, and municipal power in Los Angeles, 1781-1894 / / David Samuel Torres-Rouff |
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New Haven : , : Yale University Press, , [2013] |
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©2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (376 p.) |
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Collana |
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The Lamar series in western history |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Land settlement - California - Los Angeles - History - 19th century |
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Los Angeles (Calif.) History 19th century |
Los Angeles (Calif.) Population History 19th century |
Los Angeles (Calif.) Race relations History 19th century |
Los Angeles (Calif.) Ethnic relations History 19th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction : finding the past -- A pueblo by the Porciuncula, 1781-1840 -- "Members of the same family with ourselves" : intercultural civic ideals, identities, and spaces, 1840-1855 -- "Impossible to ascertain with any degree of certainty" : choosing between cooperation and confrontation, 1855-1856 -- "Upon this thread hangs the welfare of our city" : society, space, and public policy, 1857-1861 -- Judging "an 'Ethiopian by his skin'" : politics, violence, and the power of racialized place, 1862-1872 -- "Looking across the gulf of immeasurable distance" : the divergent paths of Los Angeles's places and peoples, 1870-1894 -- Conclusion : "a story hidden behind every crumbling wall" : history and memory in Los Angeles. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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David Torres-Rouff significantly expands borderlands history by examining the past and original urban infrastructure of one of America's most prominent cities; its social, spatial and racial divides and boundaries; and how it came to be the Los Angeles we know today. |
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