Los Angeles : epic of a city / by Lynn Bowman
- Bib ID:
- 301470
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Bowman, Lynn
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- Description:
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- Berkeley, Calif. : Howell-North Books, [1974]
- 398 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0831071095
- Full contents:
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- Machine derived contents note: Chapter Page
- Acknowledgments 7
- I. The Isolated Valley 9
- The Locale, 9 Spanish Exploration, 9 The Search
- for Monterey, 14 Felipe de Neve Shapes the Future,
- 18 Destination: California, 21 The Journey of the
- Colonists, 25 El Pueblo "La Reyna de Los Angeles," 32
- II. The Remote Outpost, 1781-1848 37
- Earliest Inhabitants, 37 A Contest for Dominance: Mili-
- tary or Church, 42 Life in the Outpost, 46 A Simple
- Environment, 55 Foreign Traders and Privateers, 58
- Frontier Money, 64 Public Services - or Lack of Them,
- 68 A Remote Community, 73
- III. Warfare in the Southland, 1781-1848 75
- Covetous Powers, 75 A Growing Habit of Rebellion, 77
- Threat of War, 81 Temporary Conquest of Los
- Angeles, 85 Californios vs. Yankees, 91 Dissension
- Among the Victors, 100 End of the Spanish-Mexican
- Era, 104,
- IV. Ranchos, 1781-1848 105
- Cattle Range into Ranchos, 105 Ranchos South of Los
- Angeles, 110 Ranchos of Santa Monica Bay, 116
- Ranchos West of Los Angeles, 119 Ranchos East of Los
- Angeles, 124 Ranchos of San Fernando Valley, 130
- Mountain Ranchos, 136
- V. The Transfer of Allegiance, 1848-1868 141
- The Pueblo Unchanged, 141 Statehood, 146 Crime
- Spreads from the Gold Fields, 150 Modernizing a Fron-
- tier Town, 156 Whaling, 160 Travel, 163
- Fort Tej6n and the Camel Trains, 166 The First Towns,
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- 168 Floods and Drought, 170 Land Grants in
- Jeopardy, 172
- VI. Americanization of the Southland, 1868-1900 181
- Land Boom, 181 Renaissance in the Plaza, 192
- The Chinese Massacre, 195 The Last Bandit, 198
- S Progress and Personalities, 200 The Search for
- Water, 211 The Railroads, 213 Trauma of the
- First Banks, 218 Oil in Downtown Los Angeles, 220
- Two Reminiscent Figures, 224
- VII. The Beginning of the Twentieth Century, 1900-1932 227
- The Movies, 227 Water by Aqueduct, 247 More
- Oil, 254 La Brea Pits, 257 The Big Red Cars, 260
- . Expansion Along Wilshire, 264 Philanthropists of
- the Arts, 268 Griffith Park, 272 Malibu, Last of the
- Ranchos, 274 Bombing of the Times, 277 America's
- First International Air Meet, 280 The 1932 Olympic
- Games, 289 An Expansive Era Comes to an End, 290
- VIII. Modern Times, 1932 to the Present 292
- Migration from the Dust Bowl, 292 Still More Water,
- 294 Still More Oil, 298 Climaxes in the Motion Pic-
- ture Industry, 301 Defense and Space, 311 Free-
- ways, 313 New Centers for the Arts, 315 Archaeo-
- logical Discoveries, 319 Earthquakes, 322 Minorities
- - Mexican Americans, 328 Minorities - Japanese Ameri-
- cans, 330 Minorities - Chinese Americans, 337
- Minorities - Blacks, 341 Minorities - Indians, 348
- IX. Today 351
- Buildings Rise Skyward, 351 Pollution, 352 Geo-
- logic Patterns, 356 Reminders, 360 Conclusion, 362
- Bibliography 364
- Appendices 376
- Colonists of the Pueblo, 376 Letter from de Croix to
- de Rivera y Moncada, 377 Spanish and Mexican Land
- Grants, 382 Rancho Land Grants which Lie Partially in
- Los Angeles County, 385 Growth of Los Angeles by
- Decades, 385 Cities in Los Angeles County, 386
- Index 387.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- Bibliography: p. 364-375.
- Subject:
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History
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