Whitewashed Adobe: The Rise of Los Angeles and the Remaking of Its Mexican Past
- ISBN-10
- 0520218698
- ISBN-13
- 9780520218697
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 330
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004-06-03
- Publisher
- Univ of California Press
- Author
- William Deverell
Description
"This magnificent book, the fruit of a decade of original research, is a landmark in Los Angeles's difficult conversation with its past. Deverell brilliantly exposes the white lies and racial deceits that have for too long reigned as municipal 'history.'"—Mike Davis
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