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Before L.A.|David Samuel Torres-Rouff

Before L.A. : Race, Space, and Municipal Power in Los Angeles, 1781-1894

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David Torres-Rouff significantly expands borderlands history by examining the past and original urban infrastructure of one of America's most prominent cities; its social, spatial, and racial divides and boundaries; and how it came to be the Los Angeles we know today. It is a fascinating study of how an innovative intercultural community developed along racial lines, and how immigrants from the United States engineered a profound shift in civic ideals and the physical environment, creating a social and spatial rupture that endures to this day.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780300141238
  • ISBN-10: 0300141238
  • Publisher: Yale University Press
  • Publish Date: September 2013
  • Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.1 x 1.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.45 pounds
  • Page Count: 376

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