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Inventing Paradise

Inventing Paradise The Power Brokers Who Created the Dream of Los Angeles

Hardback (01 Aug 2024)

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Publisher's Synopsis

  • Written by a local author with a successful track record (Freewaytopia, 10,000 Steps a Day in L.A.)
  • There has never been a book that pinpoints the birth of modern Los Angeles to these six specific influential people
  • Significant journalists and historians will contribute endorsements
  • Though a title on the history of Los Angeles, there are present-day lessons regarding oil, water, the media, transportation (rail vs. cars), cronyism, corruption, and environmental pollution

    • Book information

    ISBN: 9781595801272
    Publisher: Santa Monica Press
    Imprint: Santa Monica Press
    Pub date:
    Language: English
    Number of pages: 404
    Weight: 703g
    Height: 229mm
    Width: 152mm
    Spine width: 38mm

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