Before L.A. race, space, and municipal power in Los Angeles, 1781-1894 / David Samuel Torres-Rouff.

Author/creator Torres-Rouff, David Samuel, 1973-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew Haven : Yale University Press, 2013.
Descriptionxiii, 361 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm.
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Subjects
Land settlement--California. --Los Angeles. --History. --19th century.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--History. --19th century.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Population. --History. --19th century.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Race relations. --History. --19th century.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Ethnic relations. --History. --19th century.

SeriesThe Lamar series in western history
Contents Introduction : finding the past -- A pueblo by the Porciuncula, 1781-1840 -- "Members of the same family with ourselves" : intercultural civic ideals, identities, and spaces, 1840-1855 -- "Impossible to ascertain with any degree of certainty" : choosing between cooperation and confrontation, 1855-1856 -- "Upon this thread hangs the welfare of our city" : society, space, and public policy, 1857-1861 -- Judging "an 'Ethiopian by his skin'" : politics, violence, and the power of racialized place, 1862-1872 -- "Looking across the gulf of immeasurable distance" : the divergent paths of Los Angeles's places and peoples, 1870-1894 -- Conclusion : "a story hidden behind every crumbling wall" : history and memory in Los Angeles.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2013003567
ISBN9780300141238 (alk. paper)

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