An edition of Metropolis in the making
(2001)
Metropolis in the making
Los Angeles in the 1920s
by Tom Sitton, William Francis Deverell, Tom Sitton, and William Deverell
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Metropolis in the Making: Los Angeles in the 1920s
August 6, 2001, University of California Press
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Metropolis in the Making: Los Angeles in The 1920s
2001, University of California Press
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2001, University of California Press
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Metropolis in the Making: Los Angeles in the 1920s
August 6, 2001, University of California Press
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Metropolis in the Making: Los Angeles in The 1920s
2001, University of California Press
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Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS / ix
PREFACE / Xi
Introduction
Metropolis in the Making: Los Angeles in the 1920o
Jules Tygiel / i
PART ONE * METROPOLITAN SPACES / II
1. Industry and Imaginative Geographies
Greg Hise / 13
2. Mulholland Highway and the Engineering
Culture of Los Angeles in the 192os
Matthew W Roth / 45
3. The Quest for Independence: Workers in the Suburbs
Becky M. Nicolaides / 77
4. Sunshine and the Open Shop: Ford and
Darwin in 1920s Los Angeles
Mike Davis / 96
5. "Another World": Work, Home, and
Autonomy in Blue-Collar Suburbs
Nancy Quam-Wickham / i23
PART TWO * METROPOLITAN IDENTITIES / 143
6. The Star of Ethiopia and the NAACP,
Pageantry, Politics, and the Los Angeles
African American Community
Douglas lamming / 145
7. Making Mexico in Los Angeles
Douglas Monroy / I61
8. The View from Spring Street:
White-Collar Men in the City of Angels
Clark Davis / 179
PART THREE * FAITH IN THE METROPOLIS / 199
9. "Practically Every Religion Being Represented"
Michael E. Engh, S.J. / 201
10. Fighting Like the Devil in the City of Angels:
The Rise of Fundamentalist Charles E. Fuller
Philip Goff / 220
PART FOUR* METROPOLITICS / 253
11. How Hollywood Became Hollywood:
Money, Politics, and Movies
Steven j Ross / 255
12. My America or Yours? Americanization and
the Battle for the Youth of Los Angeles
William Deverell / 277
13. Did the Ruling Class Rule at City Hall in 192os Los Angeles?
Tom Sitton / 302
14. Behind the Scenes: Bronco Billy and the Realities
of Work in Open Shop Hollywood
Laurie Pintar / 319
PART FIVE * THE END: METROPOLITAN FINALE / 339
15. Selling Eternity in 1920s Los Angeles
David Charles Sloane / 341
CONTRIBUTORS / 36I
INDEX / 365.
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