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The Fragmented Metropolis

Los Angeles, 1850-1930

Robert M. Fogelson

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.

Robert M. Fogelson is Professor of Urban Studies and History at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

"The most detailed study ever published of Los Angeles' most critical period. . . . An invaluable aid to my understanding of this city."—David Brodsly, author of L.A. Freeway

362 pp.6 x 9

9780520082304$31.95|£27.00Paper

Jun 1993