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Bourgeois Utopias - The Rise And Fall Of Suburbia (Paperback)

Robert Fishman

R747 Discovery Miles 7 470

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A noted urban historian traces the story of the suburb from its origins in nineteenth-century London to its twentieth-century demise in decentralized cities like Los Angeles.

The Fragmented Metropolis - Los Angeles, 1850-1930 (Paperback, Revised)

Robert M. Fogelson; Foreword by Robert Fishman

R1,044 Discovery Miles 10 440

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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.