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Dark City: The Real Los Angeles Noir (Multilingual Edition)
Jim Heimann
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Description for Dark City: The Real Los Angeles Noir (Multilingual Edition)
Hardcover. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; AJC; HBJK; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
In the years following World War I, Los Angeles was a city awakening to its darker side, transforming itself from a backwater town to a gleaming metropolis and city of the future. But along the way a tarnished patina began to coat its ever-more glamorous facade. As thousands flocked to the city with their dreams and desires, so too came get-rich-quick schemes, phony religions, organized crime, and corruption. A visual history like no other, Dark City brings together images from archives, museums, newspaper photo morgues, private collections, and the author's extensive image library to reveal the true ... Read more
In the years following World War I, Los Angeles was a city awakening to its darker side, transforming itself from a backwater town to a gleaming metropolis and city of the future. But along the way a tarnished patina began to coat its ever-more glamorous facade. As thousands flocked to the city with their dreams and desires, so too came get-rich-quick schemes, phony religions, organized crime, and corruption. A visual history like no other, Dark City brings together images from archives, museums, newspaper photo morgues, private collections, and the author's extensive image library to reveal the true ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taschen America
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
Cologne, Germany
ISBN
9783836560764
SKU
V9783836560764
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About Jim Heimann
Jim Heimann is the Executive Editor for TASCHEN America. A cultural anthropologist, historian, and an avid collector, he has authored numerous titles on architecture, pop culture, and the history of Los Angeles and Hollywood, including TASCHEN'S Surfing, Los Angeles. Portrait of a City, and the best selling All American Ads series.
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