Entrée principale:

Estrada, William D., author.

Titre et auteur:

The Los Angeles Plaza : sacred and contested space / William David Estrada ; foreword by Devra Weber.

Édition:

First edition

Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2008.

Description:

xv, 357 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-327) and index.
Introduction -- Cultural and Historical Origins -- The Rise and Decline of the Mexican Plaza -- From Ciudad to City -- Homelands Remembered -- Revolution and Public Space -- Reforming Culture and Community -- Parades, Murals, and Bulldozers -- Politics and Preservation -- The Persistence of Memory.

Résumé:

Located at the heart of historic Los Angeles, the Plaza represents a quintessential public place where real and imagined narratives overlap and provide many answers about what it means to be an Angeleno. This text explores the Plaza from numerous perspectives, examining its spatial and social dimensions.

Ressources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Table of contents only

ISBN:

9780292717541 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0292717547 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780292717558 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0292717555 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Sujet:

Public spaces California Los Angeles History.
Sacred space California Los Angeles History.
Memory Social aspects California Los Angeles History.
Community life California Los Angeles History.
Human ecology California Los Angeles History.
Espaces publics Californie Los Angeles Histoire.
Lieux sacrés Californie Los Angeles Histoire.
Communauté Californie Los Angeles Histoire.
Buildings.
Community life.
Ethnic relations.
Human ecology.
Manners and customs.
Memory Social aspects.
Public spaces.
Sacred space.
Los Angeles Plaza (Los Angeles, Calif.) History.
Los Angeles (Calif.) History.
Los Angeles (Calif.) Social life and customs.
Los Angeles (Calif.) Ethnic relations.
Los Angeles (Calif.) Buildings, structures, etc.
California Los Angeles.
California Los Angeles Los Angeles Plaza.
Los Angeles- Plaza

Classification/genre:

History.

Vedettes secondaires:

University of Texas Press, publisher.
United States Texas Austin

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 258495
Cote: BIB 189291
Statut: Disponible