A connected metropolis : Los Angeles elites and the making of a modern city, 1890-1965 / Maxwell Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Maxwell, 1988- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City promotion--California--Los Angeles--History--20th century.

City promotion.

Elite (Social sciences)--California--Los Angeles--History--20th century.

Elite (Social sciences).

Los Angeles (Calif.)--Economic conditions--20th century.

Los Angeles (Calif.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln, Nebraska : University of Nebraska Press, [2023]

Summary:

"A Connected Metropolis describes Los Angeles' rise in the early twentieth century as catalyzed by a series of upper-class debates about the city's connections to the outside world"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction: "The Damnedest Place"

Snapshot: Los Angeles, 1890

1. Command Post or Outpost?

2. Borderlands Fortress

Snapshot: Los Angeles, 1920

3. "Virtually on the Edge of a Desert"

4. The Perils of Exceptionalism

Snapshot: Los Angeles, 1940

5. "The Center of Japanese Intrigue and Activity in America"

Coda: "Where They All Are Headed"

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Johnson, Maxwell A Connected Metropolis

ISBN:

9781496236661

1496236661

9781496236678

149623667X

OCLC:

1381445352