Inventing autopia : dreams and visions of the modern metropolis in jazz age Los Angeles / Jeremiah B.C. Axelrod.

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Axelrod, Jeremiah B. C., 1970-

Title & Author:

Inventing autopia : dreams and visions of the modern metropolis in jazz age Los Angeles / Jeremiah B.C. Axelrod.

Publication:

Description:

xii, 401 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-394) and index.
Introduction: Looking toward autopia -- Prologue: A city that does not move -- "Los Angeles is not the city it could have been" -- Paradise misplaced -- Imagining the metropolis in a modern age -- Modern Los Angeles -- Metropolis at a crossroads -- Gardens and cities -- Epilogue: A city that moves -- Conclusion: "To dream dreams and see visions."

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ISBN:

9780520252844 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0520252845 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780520252851 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0520252853 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Urbanization California Los Angeles Metropolitan Area History 20th century.
City planning California Los Angeles Metropolitan Area History 20th century.
Regional planning California Los Angeles Metropolitan Area History 20th century.
Sociology, Urban California Los Angeles Metropolitan Area History 20th century.
City planning
Regional planning
Social conditions
Sociology, Urban
Urbanization
Stadtplanung
Raumordnung
Stadtentwicklung
Verstädterung
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area (Calif.) Social conditions 20th century.
California Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
Los Angeles, Calif.
Los Angeles <Calif.>

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 262440
Call No.: BIB 193543
Status: Available

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