The Fragmented Metropolis: Los Angeles, 1850-1930 (Classics in Urban History, Vol 3)

The Fragmented Metropolis: Los Angeles, 1850-1930 (Classics in Urban History, Vol 3)
by Robert M. Fogelson

The Fragmented Metropolis: Los Angeles, 1850-1930 (Classics in Urban History, Vol 3)
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Author: Robert M. Fogelson
Edition: Paperback
Published: 1993-06-09
ISBN: 0520082303
Number of pages: 362
Publisher: University of California Press

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Book Review: Not for first-time readers of L.A. history
Summary: 3 Stars

This book is really quite dull and outdated. It's a must-read only for die-hard enthusiasts of L.A. history who want to pick up a few more tidbits. For those with a budding interest, I recommend Blake Gumprect's highly readible and fascinating "The Los Angeles River" or Carey McWilliams' enjoyable "Southern California." If you add William McCawley's "The First Angelinos," Horace Bell's "Reminiscences of a Ranger," and John and LaRee Caughey's "Los Angeles: Biography of a City," you will have a much more well-rounded perspective on L.A. than you will get from Fogelson's book alone. Fogelson's book reads like a cross between popular history and a city planning textbook, yet with none of the interesting aspects of either style.

Summary of The Fragmented Metropolis: Los Angeles, 1850-1930 (Classics in Urban History, Vol 3)

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.

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