Material Dreams: Southern California through the 1920s (Americans California Dream)

by Kevin Starr

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The third of Kevin Starr's monumental studies of the origins and development of the California dream covers the decade, which perhaps glittered the most brightly in the history of the Golden State - the 1920s. This was the era of colourful, larger-than-life individuals - from movie stars to evangelists to grandiose town planners; the era of Valentino, as well as that of William Ellsworth Smyth, tireless crusader for the irrigation of the desert. It was also the
period in which the characteristics of Los Angeles' vital culture were established.
  • ISBN10 019507260X
  • ISBN13 9780195072600
  • Publish Date 2 January 1992 (first published 12 July 1990)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 468
  • Language English