Venice : a contested Bohemia in Los Angeles / Andrew Deener.

Author/Creator:

Deener, Andrew, 1976-

Publication:

Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2012, ©2012.

Format/Description:

Book
xix, 306 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Subjects:

Venice (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Social conditions.
Venice (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Social life and customs.
Neighborhoods -- California -- Los Angeles.
City and town life -- California -- Los Angeles.
Urbanization -- California -- Los Angeles.
Bohemianism -- California -- Los Angeles.

Contents:

Welcome to Venice
A beach town in transition
The "black section" of Venice
People out of place
Scenic neighborhood
Bohemian theme park
Fashionable Bohemia
The future of the American city.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780226140001 (cloth : alkaline paper)
0226140008 (cloth : alkaline paper)
9780226140018 (paperback : alkaline paper)
0226140016 (paperback : alkaline paper)

OCLC:

756577806

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