LEADER 04983nam 2200937Ia 450 001 9910786583103321 005 20230803024729.0 010 $a1-283-86030-9 010 $a0-520-95342-8 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520953420 035 $a(CKB)2670000000299401 035 $a(EBL)1092954 035 $a(OCoLC)823387129 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000782802 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11941913 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000782802 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10764552 035 $a(PQKB)10095565 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1092954 035 $a(DE-B1597)520473 035 $a(OCoLC)1097135199 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520953420 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1092954 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10631875 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL417280 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000299401 100 $a20120822d2013 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBuilding home$b[electronic resource] $eHoward F. Ahmanson and the politics of the American dream /$fEric John Abrahamson 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (392 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-520-27375-3 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$t1. Father as Mentor --$t2. Among the Lotus Eaters --$t3. Undertaker at a Plague --$t4. The Common Experience --$t5. Building Home --$t6. Scaling Up --$t7. Home and the State --$t8. Political Economy --$t9. Big Business --$t10. The Crest of a New Wave --$t11. Southland Patrician --$t12. Influence --$t13. Short of Domestic Bliss --$t14. Breakdown of Consensus --$t15. Crisis of the Managed Economy --$t16. A New Way of Life --$t17. A Personal Epic --$tConclusion --$tAbbreviations Used in Notes --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aBuilding Home is an innovative biography that weaves together three engrossing stories. It is one part corporate and industrial history, using the evolution of mortgage finance as a way to understand larger dynamics in the nation's political economy. It is another part urban history, since the extraordinary success of the savings and loan business in Los Angeles reflects much of the cultural and economic history of Southern California. Finally, it is a personal story, a biography of one of the nation's most successful entrepreneurs of the managed economy -Howard Fieldstad Ahmanson. Eric John Abrahamson deftly connects these three strands as he chronicles Ahmanson's rise against the background of the postwar housing boom and the growth of L.A. during the same period. As a sun-tanned yachtsman and a cigar-smoking financier, the Omaha-born Ahmanson was both unique and representative of many of the business leaders of his era. He did not control a vast infrastructure like a railroad or an electrical utility. Nor did he build his wealth by pulling the financial levers that made possible these great corporate endeavors. Instead, he made a fortune by enabling the middle-class American dream. With his great wealth, he contributed substantially to the expansion of the cultural institutions in L.A. As we struggle to understand the current mortgage-led financial crisis, Ahmanson's life offers powerful insights into an era when the widespread hope of homeownership was just beginning to take shape. 606 $aMortgage loans$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aSavings and loan associations$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aAmerican Dream$xHistory$y20th century 610 $a20th century america. 610 $abiographical. 610 $abook club books. 610 $abooks for history lovers. 610 $abuilding your own company. 610 $acalifornia history. 610 $achronicles ahmanson. 610 $adiscussion books. 610 $aentrepreneurship. 610 $ahistory of the american dream. 610 $ahistory of western united states. 610 $ahistory. 610 $ahow to manage a business. 610 $ahow to start a business. 610 $ahoward ahmanson. 610 $aindustrial history. 610 $aleisure reads. 610 $amanaged economy. 610 $apolitical economy. 610 $arisk management. 610 $asouthern california. 610 $asuccess in postwar america. 610 $asuccessful entrepreneurs. 610 $aurban history. 610 $avacation books. 615 0$aMortgage loans$xHistory 615 0$aSavings and loan associations$xHistory 615 0$aAmerican Dream$xHistory 676 $a332.3/2092 676 $aB 686 $aHIS036140$2bisacsh 700 $aAbrahamson$b Eric John$0573012 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786583103321 996 $aBuilding home$93772270 997 $aUNINA