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UNINA9910782008603321 |
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Estrada William D |
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The Los Angeles Plaza [[electronic resource] ] : sacred and contested space / / William David Estrada ; foreword by Devra Weber |
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Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2008 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (376 p.) |
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Public spaces - California - Los Angeles - History |
Sacred space - California - Los Angeles - History |
Memory - Social aspects - California - Los Angeles - History |
Community life - California - Los Angeles - History |
Human ecology - California - Los Angeles - History |
Los Angeles Plaza (Los Angeles, Calif.) History |
Los Angeles (Calif.) History |
Los Angeles (Calif.) Social life and customs |
Los Angeles (Calif.) Ethnic relations |
Los Angeles (Calif.) Buildings, structures, etc |
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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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Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-327) and index. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Cultural and Historical Origins -- 2. The Rise and Decline of the Mexican Plaza -- 3. From Ciudad to City -- 4. Homelands Remembered -- 5. Revolution and Public Space -- 6. Reforming Culture and Community -- 7. Parades, Murals, and Bulldozers -- 8. Politics and Preservation -- 9. The Persistence of Memory -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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City plazas worldwide are centers of cultural expression and artistic display. They are settings for everyday urban life where daily interactions, economic exchanges, and informal conversations occur, thereby creating a socially meaningful place at the core of a city. At the heart of historic Los Angeles, the Plaza represents a quintessential public space where real and imagined narratives overlap and provide as |
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many questions as answers about the development of the city and what it means to be an Angeleno. The author, a social and cultural historian who specializes in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Los Angeles, is well suited to explore the complex history and modern-day relevance of the Los Angeles Plaza. From its indigenous and colonial origins to the present day, Estrada explores the subject from an interdisciplinary and multiethnic perspective, delving into the pages of local newspapers, diaries and letters, and the personal memories of former and present Plaza residents, in order to examine the spatial and social dimensions of the Plaza over an extended period of time. The author contributes to the growing historiography of Los Angeles by providing a groundbreaking analysis of the original core of the city that covers a long span of time, space, and social relations. He examines the impact of change on the lives of ordinary people in a specific place, and how this change reflects the larger story of the city. |
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UNINA9910484332303321 |
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Autore |
Gutzke David W |
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John Pearce and the Rise of the Mass Food Market in London, 1870-1930 / / by David W. Gutzke |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019 |
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[1st ed. 2019.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (264 pages) : illustrations |
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Great Britain - History |
Social history |
Economic history |
Civilization - History |
History of Britain and Ireland |
Social History |
Economic History |
Cultural History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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1. Introduction -- 2. Pubs without Beer -- 3. From Philanthropy to Profits in London -- 4. From Penny Capitalist to Server of the Multitudes -- 5. Advent of the Mass Market -- 6. Catering Crisis in Edwardian England -- 7. Collapse of the British Tea Table Company -- 8. Starting Over -- 9. Into the War and Beyond -- 10. Conclusion . |
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At the center of sweeping change to food retailing practices in Victorian and Edwardian England lies one man: John Pearce. An innovative businessman and a quintessential rags-to-riches success story, Pearce was at the forefront of the rise of the mass food market in London. With his catering company Pearce & Plenty, he fed millions of workers who wanted fast, nutritious, and tasty food. David W. Gutzke mines a wide range of primary sources to offer a portrait of a pivotal figure in London and a leader of the temperance catering movement who had "done more than can be readily recognised to render London a sober city." By studying Pearce's companies as well as those of his competitors, this book documents a half century of changing consumption habits in London. |
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