04802nam 2200997 a 450 991081554260332120240410063155.00-520-93253-61-59875-005-410.1525/9780520932531(CKB)111090529077450(EBL)223367(OCoLC)475927792(SSID)ssj0000271364(PQKBManifestationID)11217879(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000271364(PQKBWorkID)10280413(PQKB)11564096(MiAaPQ)EBC223367(DE-B1597)518989(OCoLC)55741706(DE-B1597)9780520932531(Au-PeEL)EBL223367(CaPaEBR)ebr10058553(EXLCZ)9911109052907745020030912d2004 uy 0engur||#||||||||txtccrWhitewashed adobe[electronic resource] the rise of Los Angeles and the remaking of its Mexican past /William Deverell1st ed.Berkeley University of California Pressc20041 online resource (353 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-24667-5 0-520-21869-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Illustrations And Maps --Acknowledgments --Introduction: City Of The Future --1. The Unending Mexican War --2. History On Parade --3. Remembering A River --4. The Color Of Brickwork Is Brown --5. Ethnic Quarantine --6. The Drama Of Los Angeles History --Conclusion: Whitewashed Adobe --Notes --IndexChronicling the rise of Los Angeles through shifting ideas of race and ethnicity, William Deverell offers a unique perspective on how the city grew and changed. Whitewashed Adobe considers six different developments in the history of the city-including the cementing of the Los Angeles River, the outbreak of bubonic plague in 1924, and the evolution of America's largest brickyard in the 1920's. In an absorbing narrative supported by a number of previously unpublished period photographs, Deverell shows how a city that was once part of Mexico itself came of age through appropriating-and even obliterating-the region's connections to Mexican places and people. Deverell portrays Los Angeles during the 1850's as a city seething with racial enmity due to the recent war with Mexico. He explains how, within a generation, the city's business interests, looking for a commercially viable way to establish urban identity, borrowed Mexican cultural traditions and put on a carnival called La Fiesta de Los Angeles. He analyzes the subtle ways in which ethnicity came to bear on efforts to corral the unpredictable Los Angeles River and shows how the resident Mexican population was put to work fashioning the modern metropolis. He discusses how Los Angeles responded to the nation's last major outbreak of bubonic plague and concludes by considering the Mission Play, a famed drama tied to regional assumptions about history, progress, and ethnicity. Taking all of these elements into consideration, Whitewashed Adobe uncovers an urban identity-and the power structure that fostered it-with far-reaching implications for contemporary Los Angeles.Mexican AmericansCaliforniaLos AngelesHistoryLos Angeles (Calif.)Ethnic relationsHistoryLos Angeles (Calif.)History1920s.academic.americanization.anglo society.bubonic plague.chamber of commerce.city life.cultural history.cultural studies.culture.epidemic.ethnic violence.ethnicity.los angeles river.los angeles.mexican immigrants.mexico.north america.photographs.photography.political.politics.race issues.race.racism.republic of mexico.scholarly.social history.social studies.urban identity.urban life.urban.Mexican AmericansHistory.979.4/94046872Deverell William Francis919568MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815542603321Whitewashed adobe4102584UNINA