 | Before L.A.: Race, Space, and Municipal Power in Los Angeles, 1781-1894 Subjects: Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- 19th century; Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Population -- History -- 19th century; Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century; Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 19th century; Land se; David Torres-Rouff significantly expands borderlands history by examining the past and original urban infrastructure of one of America's most prominent cities; its social, spatial, and racial divides and boundaries; and how it came to be the Los Angeles we know today. It is a fascinating study of how an innovative intercultural community developed along racial lines, and how immigrants from the United States engineered a profound shift in civic ideals and the physical environment, creating a social and spatial rupture that endures to this day. David Samuel Torres-Rouff is an assistant professor of history at the University of California, Merced. He lives in Merced, CA. |
