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10%OFFWilliam David Estrada - The Los Angeles Plaza: Sacred and Contested Space - 9780292717558 - V9780292717558
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The Los Angeles Plaza: Sacred and Contested Space

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Description for The Los Angeles Plaza: Sacred and Contested Space paperback. At the heart of historic Los Angeles, the Plaza represents a quintessential public space where real and imagined narratives overlap and provide as many questions as answers about the development of the city and what it means to be an Angeleno. This book explores the complex history and modern-day relevance of the Los Angeles Plaza. Num Pages: 373 pages, 53 halftones, 7 maps, 1 chart. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 624.

2008 — Gold Award in Californiana – California Book Awards – Commonwealth Club of California
2010 — NACCS Book Award – National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies

City plazas worldwide are centers of cultural expression and artistic display. They are settings for everyday urban life where daily interactions, economic exchanges, and informal conversations occur, thereby creating a socially meaningful place at the core of a city.

At the heart of historic Los Angeles, the Plaza represents a quintessential public space where real and imagined narratives overlap and provide as many questions as answers about the development of ... Read more

The author contributes to the growing historiography of Los Angeles by providing a groundbreaking analysis of the original core of the city that covers a long span of time, space, and social relations. He examines the impact of change on the lives of ordinary people in a specific place, and how this change reflects the larger story of the city.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
373
Condition
New
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
Austin, TX, United States
ISBN
9780292717558
SKU
V9780292717558
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About William David Estrada
William David Estrada is Curator of California and American History and Chair of the History Department for the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

Reviews for The Los Angeles Plaza: Sacred and Contested Space
"This is a much needed, much anticipated book. The entire history of Los Angeles can be told, as William Estrada has done in this superb study, through careful investigation of the city's historic Plaza. The city and its countless stories of human drama, significance, and meaning come alive in this careful, exacting investigation. The very heart of Los Angeles at ... Read more

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