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The first in-depth study of Los Angeles through the lens of its original core at the old city Plaza.

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"This is a much needed, much anticipated book. The entire history of Los Angeles can be told, as William Estrada has done in this superb study, through careful investigation of the city's historic Plaza. The city and its countless stories of human drama, significance, and meaning come alive in this careful, exacting investigation. The very heart of Los Angeles at last has its biographer." William Deverell, Director, Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West

Table of Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Cultural and Historical Origins
  • Chapter 2. The Rise and Decline of the Mexican Plaza
  • Chapter 3. From Ciudad to City
  • Chapter 4. Homelands Remembered
  • Chapter 5. Revolution and Public Space
  • Chapter 6. Reforming Culture and Community
  • Chapter 7. Parades, Murals, and Bulldozers
  • Chapter 8. Politics and Preservation
  • Chapter 9. The Persistence of Memory
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

The Los Angeles Plaza

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    A Paperback / softback by William David Estrada, Devra Weber

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: 01/04/2008
      ISBN13: 9780292717558, 978-0292717558
      ISBN10: 0292717555
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The first in-depth study of Los Angeles through the lens of its original core at the old city Plaza.

      Trade Review
      "This is a much needed, much anticipated book. The entire history of Los Angeles can be told, as William Estrada has done in this superb study, through careful investigation of the city's historic Plaza. The city and its countless stories of human drama, significance, and meaning come alive in this careful, exacting investigation. The very heart of Los Angeles at last has its biographer." William Deverell, Director, Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West

      Table of Contents
      • Foreword
      • Acknowledgments
      • Introduction
      • Chapter 1. Cultural and Historical Origins
      • Chapter 2. The Rise and Decline of the Mexican Plaza
      • Chapter 3. From Ciudad to City
      • Chapter 4. Homelands Remembered
      • Chapter 5. Revolution and Public Space
      • Chapter 6. Reforming Culture and Community
      • Chapter 7. Parades, Murals, and Bulldozers
      • Chapter 8. Politics and Preservation
      • Chapter 9. The Persistence of Memory
      • Notes
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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