The Frontier of Leisure

The Frontier of Leisure

Author: Lawrence Culver

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2012-06-07

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 0199891923

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Tracing the history of Southern California from the late 19th century through the late 20th century, this book reveals how this region did much more than just create lavish resorts like Santa Catalina Island and Palm Springs - it literally remade American attitudes towards leisure.


Annual Report

Annual Report

Author: United States. National Capital Park and Planning Commission

Publisher:

Published: 1930

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13:

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Report

Report

Author: Russell Sage Foundation. Library

Publisher:

Published: 1913

Total Pages: 216

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The Fragmented Metropolis

The Fragmented Metropolis

Author: Robert M. Fogelson

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1993-06-09

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 9780520913615

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Here with a new preface, a new foreword, and an updated bibliography is the definitive history of Los Angeles from its beginnings as an agricultural village of fewer than 2,000 people to its emergence as a metropolis of more than 2 million in 1930—a city whose distinctive structure, character, and culture foreshadowed much of the development of urban America after World War II.