Introduction

Part One: Los Angeles, 1850-1930
1 From Pueblo to Town
2 Private Enterprise, Public Authority, and Urban
Expansion
3 The Rivalry between Los Angeles and San Diego
4 The Great Migration
5 Transportation, Water, and Real Estate
6 Commercial and Industrial Progress

Part Two: The Fragmented Metropolis
7 The Urban Landscape
8 The Failure of the Electric Railways
9 The Quest for Community
10 The Politics of Progressivism
11 The Municipal Ownership Movement
12 City and Regional Planning
Conclusion: "The Simple Life"

Bibliography
Notes
Index

About the Author

Robert M. Fogelson is Professor of Urban Studies and History at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Reviews

"An excellent addition to the small but growing shelf of serious urban historical studies. . . . Fogelson's scholarly work at last makes it possible to place Los Angeles with some confidence in the framework of American urban history."--Sam Bass Warner, Jr., "American Historical Review

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