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Hayden, Dolores,

The power of place : urban landscapes as public history / Dolores Hayden. - xvii, 296 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-286) and index.

Preface -- Claiming Urban Landscapes as Public History -- Contested Terrain -- Urban Landscape History: The Sense of Place and the Politics of Space -- Place Memory and Urban Preservation -- Los Angeles: Public Pasts in the Downtown Landscape -- Invisible Angelenos -- Workers' Landscapes and Livelihoods -- The View from Grandma Mason's Place -- Rediscovering an African American Homestead -- Reinterpreting Latina History at the Embassy Auditorium -- Remembering Little Tokyo on First Street -- Storytelling with the Shapes of Time -- Epilogue: Los Angeles after April 29, 1992 -- Notes -- Index. I. 1. 2. 3. II. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

ISBN: 0262082373 9780262082372

LCCN: 94023424

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Public history--California--Los Angeles
Public spaces--California--Los Angeles
Minorities--History--California--Los Angeles
Women--History--California--Los Angeles
Historic sites--Interpretive programs--California--Los Angeles
Cities and towns--Interpretive programs--California--Los Angeles
Public art--California--Los Angeles

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Los Angeles (Calif.)--History

LC Class. No.: F869.L857 / H39 1995

Dewey Class. No.: 304.2