Los Angeles : portrait of a city = Porträt einer Stadt = portrait d'une ville / edited by Jim Heimann ; essays by Kevin Starr ; captions by Jim Heimann and David L. Ulin ; directed and produced by Benedikt Taschen.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Heimann, Jim, 1948-
Starr, Kevin
Ulin, David L.
Taschen, Benedikt
Language:English
French
German
Language and/or Writing System:
Text in English, French and German.
Published: Köln : Taschen, [2009], ©2009.
Subjects:
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Pictorial works.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Social conditions > Pictorial works.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Social life and customs > Pictorial works.
Genre:
Pictorial works.
Physical Description:571 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color), color maps ; 35 cm
Variant Title:
Porträt einer Stadt [Parallel title]
Portrait d'une ville [Parallel title]
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Ciudad de Los Angeles c.1862-1900
  • Population explosion 1900-1920
  • Birth of filmland 1920-1930
  • Bust to boom 1930-1945
  • Postwar paradise 1945-1960
  • Los Angeles 1965-1980
  • Apocalypse now 1980-today
  • Photographers' biographies
  • Selected Los Angeles viewing / listening / reading.