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bRise and Sprawl: How Los Angeles Came To BebrbrbrA pictorial history of the world's most enigmatic city/bbrbrbrbrFrom the first known photograph taken in Los Angeles to its most recent sweeping vistas, this bphotographic tribute to the City of Angels/b provides a fascinating journey through the city's cultural, political, industrial, and sociological history. It traces the city's development from the 1880s' real estate boom, through the early days of Hollywood and the urban sprawl of the late 20th century, right up to the present day. With bover 500 images/b, L.A. is shown emerging from a desert wasteland to become a vast palm-studded urban metropolis.brbrbrbrEvents that made world news including two Olympics, Bobby Kennedy's assassination, and the Rodney King riots reveal a city of many dimensions. The entertainment capital of the world, Hollywood, and its celebrities are showcased along with many other notable residents, personalities, architects, artists, and musicians. The city's pop cultural movements, its music, surfing, health food fads, gangs, and hot rods are included, as are its notorious crimes and criminals. This book depicts Los Angeles in all its glory and grit, via bhundreds of freshly discovered images/b including those of bJulius Shulman, Garry Winogrand, William Claxton/b and many other superb photographers, culled from major historical archives, museums, private collectors, and universities. These are given context and resonance through essays by renowned California historian bKevin Starr/b and Los Angeles literature expert bDavid Ulin./bbrbrbrbrAbout the editor:brbrCultural anthropologist and graphic design historian bJim Heimann/b is Executive Editor for TASCHEN America, and author of numerous books on architecture, pop culture, and the history of the West Coast, Los Angeles and Hollywood. His unrivaled private collection of ephemera has featured in museum exhibitions around the world and dozens of books.brbr
