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San Diego in the 1930s : The WPA Guide to America's Finest City / Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration.
De Gruyter University of California Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration, Author.
- Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- San Diego (Calif.)--Description and travel.
- San Diego (Calif.).
- San Diego (Calif.)--Guidebooks.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (160 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- San Diego in the 1930s offers a lively account of the city's culture, roadside attractions, and history-from the days of the Spanish missions to the pre-Second World War boom. The guide is revealing both in the opinions it embodies and in the juicy details it records-tidbits such as the bloodiest and most incompetently fought battle of the Mexican-American War, Emma Goldman's abruptly terminated speech to local Wobblies in 1912, and even a delightfully anachronistic way to beat a San Diego speeding ticket. Brimming with tours that can prove challenging to retrace, this book reminds us of the changes wrought by seven decades of intervening war, peace, and biotechnology. Unlatching a remarkable trapdoor into the past, this compact and charming document of the Depression era invites repeated browsing and is generously illustrated with striking black-and-white photographs that bring the period to life.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- PREFACE, 1937
- FOREWORD, 1937
- INTRODUCTION
- GENERAL INFORMATION
- THE CONTEMPORARY SCENE
- THE CITY BY SECTIONS
- NATURAL SETTING
- HISTORICAL
- ECONOMIC
- SOCIAL AND CULTURAL
- CHRONOLOGY
- LIST OF TOURS
- TOURS IN THE CITY
- TOURS IN ENVIRONS
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9780520954656
- 0520954653
- OCLC:
- 830161945
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