The Fragmented Metropolis: Los Angeles, 1850-1930 Volume 3 - Paperback

by Robert M. Fogelson (Author), Robert Fishman (Foreword by)

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.

Front Jacket

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

Author Biography

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