Material Dreams: Southern California Through the 1920s

Kevin Starr's California history book is easy to read. He took away the pain of reading history and made it "popular" or "streamlined". Despite having a long list of references, during his long debate about the role Paul Jordan - Smith (my grandfather) played particularly in Southern California, he found some evidence in this book I have a mistake. He should read more references listed.

He continues to do so in the next "dream" book. He documented the rise of California as a "material dream: Southern California in the 1920s" (1990) and a land of opportunities as a dangerous heaven in the thrilling years of the 1930s, two books similar to Janus It is summarized. : "Depression" is on the verge of extinction: The Great Depression in California (1996) And the more sunny "The dream continues: California entered the 1940s" (1997). "The City of Quartz: Exploring the Future of Los Angeles" by Mike Davis (1990) told Grove. Kevin 's book is pretty. "

Kevin Star is the most important chronology of the California Dream and in fact is one of the best story historians in all topics today. The first two parts of his memorial cultural history "Americans and California dreams" are "mature, symmetrical and wonderfully diverse (and changing)" (New York Times book review) and "rich detail, Sometimes fun and unbelievable people live together "(Los Angeles Times). Well, in material dreams, Stahl has become one of the most active decades in the history of the Golden State, around 2 million Americans emigrated to California in the 1920s .

But Angelenos is inviting the west - not the east. If you wish, this is the fate of their own personal declaration and expands to the west to their own shining ocean, the Pacific Ocean. (As historian Kevin Star wrote in his material dream of Southern California in the 1920s, "The Champs Elysees in Los Angeles was designed for cars, not for pedestrians.") After 10 years Los Angeles The beautiful golden hill, citrus garden, and endless dreaming sunshine, the first movie production company began cheating on the east. Los Angeles plays an affair. The temptation of Tinseltown, coupled with many years of (and money) hype and promotion, can bring great revenue. In the early 1920s, Los Angeles was economically prosperous and culturally prosperous. Eyes often appear in the mysterious gold Eldorado of the city. And the city knows that it is necessary for world-class things to raise its reputation.