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Material dreams : Southern California through the 1920s

Author: Kevin Starr
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1990.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Kevin Starr
ISBN: 0195044878 9780195044874
OCLC Number: 20012405
Description: xiv, 453 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Prophesying through water : hydraulic visions and historical metaphors --
Imperial ironies : the dreams and realities of social irrigation --
Aqueduct cities : foundations of urban empire --
From Oz to Oildorado : the rise of Los Angeles in the 1920s --
Boosting Babylon : planning, development, and ballyhoo in jazz-age Los Angeles --
The people of the city : oligarchs, babbitts, and folks --
USC, electricity, music, and cops : the emergence of institutional Los Angeles --
Designs for living : architecture in southern California, from the Bradbury Building to the Watts Towers --
Anacapa and Arcadia : the Santa Barbara heritage --
Castles in Spain : the Santa Barbara alternative --
Opinion and the aristocracy of art : the search for common ground in emergent Los Angeles --
The book triumphant : bibliophilia and Bohemia in greater Los Angeles --
On the blue train through Dijon : Pasadena begins its literary career --
Material dreams.
Responsibility: Kevin Starr.
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