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Genre/Form: | History |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
William Deverell |
ISBN: | 0520246675 9780520246676 |
OCLC Number: | 61129350 |
Notes: | Originally published: 2004. |
Description: | xix, 330 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits, facsimiles ; 23 cm |
Contents: | 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. |
Responsibility: | William Deverell. |
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"What distinguishes Whitewashed Adobe is not only its solid scholarship but also its author's lively prose style, sharp and often ironic wit, and willingness to tweak the sensibilities of his fellow scholars. Here is a monograph that has been made fully accessible, highly readable and both challenging and illuminating." - Jonathan Kirsch, Los Angeles Times Book Review "A fascinating and surprising collection of essays." - World Wide Work "This magnificent book, the fruit of a decade of original research, is a landmark in Los Angeles's difficult conversation with its past. Deverell brilliantly exposes the white lies and racial deceits that have for too long reigned as municipal 'history.'" - Mike Davis" Read more...


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