Bibliography History of Los Angeles

1 bibliography

1.1 guides, architecture, geography
1.2 contemporary issues
1.3 history

1.3.1 planning, environment , autos


1.4 hollywood
1.5 ethnicity, race , religion
1.6 collections of primary sources

bibliography

some of best history appears in appropriate chapters of multivolume history of california kevin starr, including americans , california dream, 1850–1915 (1973), focuses on novelists; inventing dream: california through progressive era (1986); material dreams: southern california through 1920s(1991).

guides, architecture, geography

herman, robert d. downtown los angeles: walking guide (2004) 270 pages
fodor. los angeles: plus disneyland & orange county ed. maria teresa burwell, (2007) 368 pages excerpt , text search
mahle, karin, , martin nicholas kunz. los angeles: architecture & design (2004) 191pp
nelson, howard j. los angeles metropolis. (1983). 344 pp. geography
pitt, leonard , dale pitt. los angeles z: encyclopedia of city , county. (1997). 605 pp. short articles experts excerpts , text search

contemporary issues

abu-lughod, janet l. new york, chicago, los angeles: america s global cities (1999) online edition
dear, michael j., h. eric schockman, , greg hise, eds. rethinking los angeles (1996) interprets la in terms of postmodern urbanism model. consists of several fundamental characteristics: global-local connection; ubiquitous social polarization; , reterritorialization of urban process in hinterland organizes center (in direct contradiction chicago school model of cities). resultant urbanism distinguished centerless urban form termed keno capitalism.
fine, david. imagining los angeles: city in fiction. (2000). 293 pp.
flanigan, james. smile southern california, re center of universe: economy , people of global region (2009) excerpt , text search
fulton, william. reluctant metropolis: politics of urban growth in los angeles. (1997). 395 pp.
gottlieb, robert. reinventing los angeles: nature , community in global city (2007) excerpt , text search
scott, allen j. , soja, edward w., eds. city: los angeles , urban theory @ end of twentieth century. (1996). 483 pp.

history

abu-lughod, janet l. new york, chicago, los angeles: america s global cities (u of minnesota press, 1999), compares 3 cities in terms of geography, economics , race 1800 1990
bills, emily, connecting lines: l.a. s telephone history , binding of region , southern california quarterly, 91 (spring 2009), 27–67.
bollens, john c. , geyer, grant b. yorty: politics of constant candidate. (1973). 245 pp. mayor 1961–73
brook, vincent. land of smoke , mirrors: cultural history of los angeles (rutgers university press; 2013) 301 pages
fogelson, robert m. fragmented metropolis: los angeles, 1850–1930 (1967), focus on planning, infrastructure, water, , business
friedricks, william. henry e. huntington , creation of southern california (1992), on henry edwards huntington (1850–1927), railroad executive , collector, helped build la , southern california through southern pacific railroad , trolleys.
garcia, matt. world of own: race, labor, , citrus in making of greater los angeles, 1900–1970. (2001). 330 pp.
hart, jack r. information empire: rise of los angeles times , times mirror corporation. (1981). 410 pp.
jaher, frederic cople. urban establishment: upper strata in boston, new york, charleston, chicago, , los angeles. (1982). 777 pp.
klein, norman m. , schiesl, martin j., eds. 20th century los angeles: power, promotion, , social conflict. (1990). 240 pp.
laslett, john h.m. sunshine never enough: los angeles workers, 1880–2010 (2012)
lavender, david. los angeles, 2 hundred years. (1980). 240 pp. heavily illustrated popular history
leader, leonard. los angeles , great depression. (1991). 344 pp.
mcnamara, kevin r., ed. cambridge companion literature of los angeles (cambridge university press, 2010)
mullins, william h. depression , urban west coast, 1929–1933: los angeles, san francisco, seattle, , portland. (1991). 176 pp.
nicolaides, becky m. blue heaven: life , politics in working-class suburbs of los angeles, 1920–1965. (2002). 412 pp.
o flaherty, joseph s. end , beginning: south coast , los angeles, 1850–1887. (1972). 222 pp.
o flaherty, joseph s. powerful years: south coast , los angeles, 1887–1917 (1978). 356 pp.
payne, j. gregory , ratzan, scott c. tom bradley: impossible dream. (1986). 368 pp., mayor 1973 1993 , leading african american
raftery, judith rosenberg. land of fair promise: politics , reform in los angeles schools, 1885–1941. (1992). 284 pp.
rolle, andrew. los angeles: pueblo city of future. (2d. ed. 1995). 226 pp.; historical survey scholar
sitton, tom , deverell, william, eds. metropolis in making: los angeles in 1920s. (2001). 371 pp.
verge, arthur c. paradise transformed: los angeles during second world war. (1993). 177 pp.
verge, arthur c. impact of second world war on los angeles pacific historical review 1994 63(3): 289-314. 0030–8684 in jstor

planning, environment , autos

bottles, scott l. los angeles , automobile: making of modern city. (1987). 302 pp.
davis, margaret leslie. rivers in desert: william mulholland , inventing of los angeles. (1993). 303 pp.
davis, mike. city of quartz: excavating future in los angeles. (1990). 462 pp
desfor, gene, , roger keil. nature , city: making environmental policy in toronto , los angeles (2004) 290pp
deverell, william, , greg hise. land of sunshine: environmental history of metropolitan los angeles (2006) 350 pages excerpt , text search
dewey, scott hamilton. don t breathe air: air pollution , u.s. environmental politics, 1945–1970. (2000). 321pp., focuses on la smog
hise, greg. magnetic los angeles: planning twentieth-century metropolis. (1997). 294 pp.
jacobs, chip, , william kelly. smogtown: lung-burning history of pollution in los angeles (2008)
keane, james thomas. fritz b. burns , development of los angeles: biography of community developer , philanthropist. (2001). 287 pp.
longstreth, richard. drive-in, supermarket, , transformation of commercial space in los angeles, 1914–1941. (1999). 248 pp.
longstreth, richard. city center regional mall: architecture, automobile, , retailing in los angeles, 1920–1950. (1997). 504 pp.
mulholland, catherine. william mulholland , rise of los angeles. (2000). 411 pp. online edition
post, robert c. street railways , growth of los angeles (1989). 170pp.
rajan, sudhir chella. enigma of automobility: democratic politics , pollution control. (1996). 202 pp [1].
sloane, david c. planning los angeles (2012)

hollywood

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balio, tino. grand design: hollywood modern business enterprise, 1930–1939. (1993). 483 pp.
may, lary. big tomorrow: hollywood , politics of american way (2000)
schatz, thomas. genius of system: hollywood filmmaking in studio era. (1988). 492 pp.
* smith, catherine parsons. making music in los angeles: transforming popular. university of california press, 2007. (a social history covering c. 1887–1940)
vaughn, stephen. ronald reagan in hollywood: movies , politics. (1994). 359 pp.
wells, walter. tycoons , locusts: regional @ hollywood fiction of 1930s (1973) online edition

ethnicity, race , religion

abelmann, nancy , lie, john. blue dreams: korean americans , los angeles riots. (1995). 272 pp.
acuña, rodolfo f. mexican: chicanos in contemporary los angeles. (1996). 328 pp.
allen, james p. , turner, eugene. ethnic quilt: population diversity in southern california. (1997). 282 pp.
arnold, bruce makoto. pacific childhood dreams , desires in rafu: multiple transnational modernisms , los angeles nisei, 1918-1942 .
bedolla, lisa garcía. fluid borders: latino power, identity, , politics in los angeles (2005) 278 pages; excerpt , text search
cannon, lou. official negligence: how rodney king , riots changed los angeles , lapd. (1997). 698 pp. online edition
degraaf, lawrence b. city of black angels: emergence of los angeles ghetto, 1890–1930 . pacific historical review 1970 39(3): 323–352. in jstor
engh, michael e. multiplicity , diversity of faiths : religion s impact on los angeles , urban west, 1890–1940 , western historical quarterly 1997 28(4): 462–492. 0043-3810 in jstor
engh, michael e. frontier faiths: church, temple, , synagogue in los angeles, 1846–1888. (1992). 267 pp.
greenwood, roberta s., ed. down station: los angeles chinatown, 1880–1933. (1996). 207 pp.
griswold del castillo, richard. los angeles barrio, 1850–1890: social history. (1979). 217 pp.
gutierrez, ramon a., , patricia zavella, eds. mexicans in california: transformations , challenges essays leading scholars (2009)
hamilton, nora , chinchilla, norma stoltz. seeking community in global city: guatemalans , salvadorans in los angeles. (2001). 296 pp.
hayashi, brian masaru. sake of our japanese brethren : assimilation, nationalism, , protestantism among japanese of los angeles, 1895–1942 (1995). 217 pp.
horne, gerald. fire time: watts uprising , 1960s. (1995). 424 pp.
keil, roger. los angeles: globalization, urbanization, , social struggles. (1998). 295 pp.
leclerc, gustavo; villa, raúl; , dear, michael, eds. urban latino cultures: la vida latina en l.a. (1999). 214 pp.
loza, steven. barrio rhythm: mexican american music in los angeles. (1993). 320 pp.
min, pyong gap. caught in middle: korean communities in new york , los angeles. (1996). 260 pp.
modell, john. economics , politics of racial accommodation: japanese of los angeles, 1900–1942. (1977). 201 pp.
monroy, douglas. rebirth: mexican los angeles great migration great depression. (1999). 322 pp.
moore, deborah dash. golden cities: pursuing american jewish dream in miami , l.a. (1994). 358 pp.
oberschall, anthony. los angeles riot of august 1965 , social problems, vol. 15, no. 3 (winter, 1968), pp. 322–341 in jstor, black riots in watts
ong, paul, ed. new asian immigration in los angeles , global restructuring. (1994). 330 pp.
ríos-bustamante, antonio , castillo, pedro. illustrated history of mexican los angeles, 1781–1985. (1986). 196 pp.
saito, leland t. race , politics: asian americans, latinos, , whites in los angeles suburb. (1998). 250 pp.
sánchez, george j. becoming mexican american: ethnicity, culture, , identity in chicano los angeles, 1900–1945. (1993). 367 pp. online edition
sides, josh. l. a. city limits: african american los angeles great depression present (2003) online edition
valle, victor m. , torres, rodolfo d. latino metropolis. (2000). 249 pp.
waldinger, roger , bozorgmehr, mehdi, eds. ethnic los angeles. (1996). 497 pp. studies sociologists
weber, francis j. magnificat: life , times of timothy cardinal manning. (1999). 729 pp. catholic archbishop 1970 1985.
weber, francis j. eminence of los angeles: james francis cardinal mcintyre. (1997). 707 pp. catholic archbishop 1948 1970.
weber, francis j. century of fulfillment: roman catholic church in southern california, 1840–1947. (1990). 536 pp.

collections of primary sources

caughey, john , laree caughey, eds. los angeles: biography of city. (1976). 510 pp. short excerpts primary , secondary sources
diehl, digby, ed. front page: 100 years of los angeles times, 1881–1981. (1981). 287 pp.
rodríguez, luis. running: la vida loca: gang days in l.a. (1993); autobiographical novel online edition
violence in city—an end or beginning?, report governor s commission on los angeles riots, 1965 official report online, report on 1965 black riot in watts; called mccone report after chairman