Black Los Angeles: American Dreams and Racial Realities, Paperback - Darnell Hunt

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Publisher: Broadview Press LtdAuthor(s): Julius BaileyIllustration(s): 10 illustrationsNumber of pages: 190Publication date: 2015Dimensions: 153 x ...

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Los Angeles in the American Journals of Petru Comarnescu and Stelian Tanase - Georgiana Lolea

DescriptionPaul Bontemps decided to move his family to Los Angeles from Louisiana in 1906 on the day he finally submitted to a strictly enforced So...

Thom Andersen's Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003), hailed as "a city symphony in reverse, " challenges whether the movies have ever really depicted L...

Reducere. DescriptionWelcome to the colorful, flamboyant, and wonderful world of Mexican American boxing in Los Angeles. From the minute they stepped into th...

Reducere. Mexican American Baseball in East Los Angeles highlights the unforgettable teams, players, and coaches who graced the hallowed fields of East Los A...

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Through their own words, Vacher tells their story in Los Angeles, offering along the way a close look at the role the black musicians union played ...

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DescriptionA critical look at the realities of community policing in South Los AngelesThe Limits of Community Policing addresses conflicts between ...

Reducere. In Millenarian Dreams and Racial Nightmares, John H. Matsui argues that the political ideology and racial views of American Protestants during the ...

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Reducere. In this compelling narrative of capitalist development and revolutionary response, Jessica M. Kim reexamines the rise of Los Angeles from a small t...

Reducere. Twentieth-century Los Angeles has been the locus of one of the most profound and complex interactions between variant cultures in American history....

This book explores social change in Japan at the most intimate site of social interaction - the home - by providing a detailed ethnography of every...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): George J. SanchezNumber of pages: 390Collection: American CrossroadsPublication date: 2022Dimen...

Reducere. In 1946, Elizabeth Short traveled to Hollywood to become famous and see her name up in lights. Instead, the dark-haired beauty became immortalized ...

It's no puzzle why folks visit Los Angeles or even call it home! From Disneyland to the Griffith Observatory to the Hollywood Walk of Fame, there's...

Part memoir, part dance history, this critical study explores ballet's power to inspire and to embody ideas about politics, race, women's agency, a...

An expanded and revised version of our guide How To Find Old LA, this book delves deep into the City Of Angels' best-preserved treasures - from a r...

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Reducere. Black Wall Street 100: An American City Grapples with its Historical Racial Trauma, endorsed by the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission ...

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An action-packed historical novel whose charismatic characters take the reader from the roaring twenties to the fiery nineties in America's favorit...

Vibrant imagery, jaw-dropping set pieces, sizzling romantic tension, and unstoppable heroine Kallia bring this ambitious debut novel to spectacular...

Publisher: Herb Lester Associates LtdAuthor(s): Deke DickersonIllustration(s): 1 Illustrations, unspecifiedPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 149 x ...

Let Secret Los Angeles guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Los Angeles guide book and let ...

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The "Soul of" collection is a new approach to the art of travelling that consists of vagabonding around, chance encounters, and unforgettable exper...

DescriptionAperture's "Los Angeles" issue explores how one of America's most photographed cities is also an essential hub for some of today's most ...

One of the best-loved of all operas, Puccini’s Madama Butterfly was given its premiere at La Scala Milan in 1904, where it received a terrible rece...

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Publisher: Poursuite editionsAuthor(s): Cyril DesrochePublication date: 2020Dimensions: 173 x 234 x 48Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedescopera f...

Reducere. Black Wall Street 100: An American City Grapples with its Historical Racial Trauma, endorsed by the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission ...

Publisher: AbramsAuthor(s): Rich StapletonNumber of pages: 208Publication date: 2020Dimensions: 152 x 216 x 23Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedes...

Publisher: Graphic Arts BooksAuthor(s): Betsy BeierIllustration(s): Full-color illustrations throughoutNumber of pages: 112Collection: Wanderlust G...

Reducere. Named one of Los Angeles Times Book Critic David Ulin's "Top 10 Books of 2015", Wide Awake draws together nationally acclaimed poets and gifted new...

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The debut title in a new city-based anthology series featuring all-new stories with speculative, sci-fi, and paranormal themes--each using distinct...

Reducere. Colin Dayan meditates on the connection between her personal and family history and her relationship with animals in this lyrical memoir about her ...

Publisher: Digital Ventures LLCAuthor(s): VariousIllustration(s): 1 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 180Publication date: 2021Dimensions:...

Reducere. In J. L. Torres's second story collection Migrations, the inaugural winner of the Tomás Rivera Book Prize, a "sucio" goes to an underground clinic ...

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