Torres-Rouff, David Samuel,  1973- <br/><br/>
Before L.A. :  race, space, and municipal power in Los Angeles, 1781-1894 / 
David Samuel Torres-Rouff. 
 - 1 online resource (376 pages) :  illustrations. 
 - The Lamar series in western history .
 - Lamar series in western history. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction : finding the past -- A pueblo by the Porciuncula, 1781-1840 -- "Members of the same family with ourselves" : intercultural civic ideals, identities, and spaces, 1840-1855 -- "Impossible to ascertain with any degree of certainty" : choosing between cooperation and confrontation, 1855-1856 -- "Upon this thread hangs the welfare of our city" : society, space, and public policy, 1857-1861 -- Judging "an 'Ethiopian by his skin'" : politics, violence, and the power of racialized place, 1862-1872 -- "Looking across the gulf of immeasurable distance" : the divergent paths of Los Angeles's places and peoples, 1870-1894 -- Conclusion : "a story hidden behind every crumbling wall" : history and memory in Los Angeles. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780300156621 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Land settlement--History--California--Los Angeles--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Los Angeles (Calif.)--History--19th century.<br/>Los Angeles (Calif.)--Population--History--19th century.<br/>Los Angeles (Calif.)--Race relations--History--19th century.<br/>Los Angeles (Calif.)--Ethnic relations--History--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F869.L857  / T67 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>979.4/94