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Los Angeles pulsed with economic vitality and demographic growth in the decades following World War II. This vividly detailed cultural history of L.A. from 1940 to 1970 traces the rise of a new suburban consciousness adopted by a generation of migrants who abandoned older American cities for... read more
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People edit
- Mildred Pierce: Add a description of this character.
- Norris Poulson
- Walter O’malley
- Lucia Harper
- Ronald Reagan
- Davy Crockett
- Edward Roybal
- Walter Neff
- William Parker
- Chandler
- Norma Desmond
- Fletcher Bowron
- Yorty
- Pamela
- Dana Bartlett
- Sybil
- Lottie
- Jackie Robinson
- Jemima
- Reyner Banham
- Carey McWilliams: (1905-1980) American author, editor, and lawyer. He is best known for his writings about social issues in California, including the condition of migrant farm workers and the internment of Japanese Americans in concentration camps during World War II.
Setting & Locations edit
- East Los Angeles
- Southern California
- Hollywood
- Coney Island
- America
- Brooklyn
- Disneyland
- United States
- Lakewood
- Chavez Ravine
- New York City
- Dodger Stadium
- Chicago
- Mexico
- Anaheim
- Ebbets Field
- Main Street
- White City
- Usa
- Orange County
- Tomorrowland
- Long Beach
- New Deal
- Pasadena
- Kansas City
- San Francisco
- Santa Monica
- South Central Los Angeles
- Huntington
- Los Angeles County
- Watts
- Northeast
- Paris
- Autopia
- Burbank
- Europe
- Chinatown
- San Fernando Valley
- Arechiga
- Venice
- Adventureland
- California Highways
- Los Angeles Public Library
- West Coast
- South Gate
First Sentence edit
In 1964, the New York Times published an article titled "Coney Island Slump Grows Worse," drawing attention to the plight of the long-standing amusement park.
Table of Contents edit
List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Chocolate Cities and Vanilla Suburbs: Race, Space, and the New "New Mass Culture" of Postwar America
2. The Nation’s "White Spot": Racializing Postwar Los Angeles
3. The Spectacle of Urban Blight: Hollywood’s Rendition of a Black Los Angeles
4. "A Rage for Order": Disneyland and the Suburban Ideal
5. Suburbanizing the City Center: The Dodgers Move West
6. The Sutured City: Tales of Progress and Disaster in the Freeway Metropolis
7. Epilogue. The 1960s and Beyond
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Series & Lists edit
This is book 13 of 20 in American Crossroads. (publisher series)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Eric Avila (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 0520241215
Page Count: 328
Publisher: University of California Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 0520241215
Page Count: 328
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 978
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Americas › United States › State & Local › California
- Books › History › Americas › United States › State & Local › West
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Sociology › Rural
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Sociology › Urban
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Popular Culture
- Books › History › Historical Study › Social History
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Sociology › Race Relations › America
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