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Los Angeles and the Automobile: The Making of the Modern City
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 307
EAN: 9780520073951
ISBN: 0520073959
Label: University of California Press
Manufacturer: University of California Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 315
Publication Date: May 28, 1991
Publisher: University of California Press
Studio: University of California Press
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Editorial Review:
More comprehensive than any other book on this topic, Los Angeles and the Automobile places the evolution of Los Angeles within the context of American political and urban history.
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Rating: - Wonderful Book!!
OK, I have to issue a full disclosure here; the author is my brother. But that said Scott has written a great little book. We grew up in LA and had always heard stories about how the auto companies ruined public transportation in LA in order to sell more cars. Scott decided to check that story out while he was studying for a PhD in history at UCLA. The result is this book. So if you want to know the truth about how LA came to be the automobile centered city it is, read his book. Cheers!
Rating: - How did transporation in LA die?
Why did the urban transportation system in Los Angeles die? This book takes a very multifaceted approach and looks beyond the automobile as its cause. The title is a little misleading. The book covers the downfall of public transpiration in California and how the car impacted life in southern California. There is actually very little urban analysis done here but it covers the public policy of early 1900's very well. You get a sense for how the municipalities and federal government responded in California ... Read More
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