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Dreamers and Schemers: How an Improbable Bid for the 1932 Olympics...
by Siegel, Barry | HC | Good
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- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
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- Product Group
- Book
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- ISBN
- 9780520298583
- Book Title
- Dreamers and Schemers : How an Improbable Bid for the 1932 Olympics Transformed Los Angeles from Dusty Outpost to Global Metropolis
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Publication Year
- 2019
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1in
- Genre
- Sports & Recreation, History, Political Science
- Topic
- United States / 20th Century, Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), History, Olympics & Paralympics
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 19.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
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Dreamers and Schemers chronicles how Los Angeles's pursuit and staging of the 1932 Olympic Games during the depths of the Great Depression helped fuel the city's transformation from a seedy frontier village to a world-famous metropolis. Leading that pursuit was the "Prince of Realtors," William May (Billy) Garland, a prominent figure in early Los Angeles. In important respects, the story of Billy Garland is the story of Los Angeles. After arriving in Southern California in 1890, he and his allies drove much of the city's historic expansion in the first two decades of the twentieth century. Then, from 1920 to 1932, he directed the city's bid for the 1932 Olympic Games. Garland's quest to host the Olympics provides an unusually revealing window onto a particular time, place, and way of life. Reconstructing the narrative from Garland's visionary notion to its consequential aftermath, Barry Siegel shows how one man's grit and imagination made California history.
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Publisher
University of California Press
ISBN-10
0520298586
ISBN-13
9780520298583
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Product Key Features
Book Title
Dreamers and Schemers : How an Improbable Bid for the 1932 Olympics Transformed Los Angeles from Dusty Outpost to Global Metropolis
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
United States / 20th Century, Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), History, Olympics & Paralympics
Publication Year
2019
Genre
Sports & Recreation, History, Political Science
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
19.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Gv721.2.G37s54 2019
Table of Content
List of Illustrations Author's Note Prologue: Billy's Parade 1 Billy's Migration 2 LA on the Cusp 3 The Quest 4 A Foot in the Door 5 The Hand of Man 6 Rome, 1923 7 The Great Migration 8 Protecting the Image 9 A Bolt from the Blue 10 Planting a Seed 11 Then Came the Crash 12 Berlin, 1930 13 A Sacred Duty 14 Desperate Hours 15 Competing Narratives 16 Playing His Cards 17 A Lush New World 18 A Parallel Universe 19 The Games 20 A Footing in the World Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes and Sources Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
2019
Lccn
2019-009743
Dewey Decimal
796.48
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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