Introduction: City of the future -- The unending Mexican war -- History on parade -- Remembereing a river -- The color of brickwork is brown -- Ethnic quarantine -- The drama of Los Angeles history -- Conclusion: Whitewashed adobe.
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Chronicling the rise of Los Angeles through shifting ideas of race and ethnicity, William Deverell offers a unique perspective on how the city grew and changed. Whitewashed Adobe considers six different developments in the history of the city--including the cementing of the Los Angeles River, the outbreak of bubonic plague in 1924, and the evolution of America's largest brickyard in the 1920s.
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22573/cttt5ws5
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Title
Whitewashed adobe.
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0520218698
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Mexican Americans-- California-- Los Angeles-- History.
Ethnic relations.
HISTORY-- State & Local-- General.
HISTORY-- United States-- State & Local-- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)