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Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2004. xix, 330 pages, illustrations, maps; 23 cm. Good+. Tight, clean text. Foreedge lightly soiled. "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. In an absorbing narrative supported by a number of previously unpublished period photographs, Deverell shows how a city that was once part of Mexico itself came of age through appropriating--and even obliterating--the region's connections to Mexican places and people. Deverell portrays Los Angeles during the 1850s as a city seething with racial enmity due to the recent war with Mexico. He explains how, within a generation, the city's business…
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"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"
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- Title Whitewashed Adobe: The Rise of Los Angeles and the Remaking of Its Mexican Past
- Author William F. Deverell
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 349
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of California Press, Berkeley
- Date 2004-06-03
- ISBN 9780520246676 / 0520246675
- Weight 1.07 lbs (0.49 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.82 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 2.08 cm)
- Reading level 1330
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- Cultural Region: Latin America
- Cultural Region: Southern California
- Cultural Region: Western U.S.
- Cultural Region: West Coast
- Ethnic Orientation: Hispanic
- Geographic Orientation: California
- Locality: Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003065066
- Dewey Decimal Code 979.4
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