Inventing Autopia: Dreams and Visions of the Modern Metropolis in Jazz Age Los Angeles - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520252851ISBN-10:520252853UPC:9780520252851Book Category:History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Public PolicyBook Topic:State & Local, City Planning & Urban Development, 20th CenturySize:9.06 x 6.00 x 0.99 inchesWeight:1.2721Product ID:SCJVW6S9JE
Inventing Autopia: Dreams and Visions of the Modern Metropolis in Jazz Age Los Angeles
In 1920, as its population began to explode, Los Angeles was a largely pastoral city of bungalows and palm trees. Thirty years later, choked with smog and traffic, the city had become synonymous with urban sprawl and unplanned growth. Yet Los Angeles was anything but unplanned, as Jeremiah B.C. Axelrod reveals in this compelling, visually oriented history of the metropolis during its formative...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520252851ISBN-10:520252853UPC:9780520252851Book Category:History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Public PolicyBook Topic:State & Local, City Planning & Urban Development, 20th CenturySize:9.06 x 6.00 x 0.99 inchesWeight:1.2721Product ID:SCJVW6S9JE
Jeremiah B.C. Axelrod is Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of History and Program in Cultural Studies at Occidental College.
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