Bibliograph

Imperial metropolis, Los Angeles, Mexico, and the borderlands of American empire, 1865-1941, Jessica M. Kim

Type

Label

Imperial metropolis, Los Angeles, Mexico, and the borderlands of American empire, 1865-1941, Jessica M. Kim

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Imperial metropolis

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1078954694

Responsibility statement

Jessica M. Kim

Series statement

The David J. Weber series in the new borderlands history

Sub title

Los Angeles, Mexico, and the borderlands of American empire, 1865-1941

Summary

"In this ... narrative of capitalist development and revolutionary response, Jessica Kim chronicles the imperial visions of the Los Angeles civic elites who fueled the city's phenomenal growth between the Civil War and World War II. Driven by the belief that an enterprising white-run city deserved to control a nonwhite periphery, wealthy Angelenos invested heavily in Mexican industries such as agriculture, petroleum, mining, and tourism, and transformed the countryside of northern Mexico, both to enrich themselves and to develop their home city as a new site of empire"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Pueblo, city, empire -- Organizing capital and controlling race and labor -- Revolution around the corner and across the border -- Like Cuba and the Philippines -- Against capital and foreigners -- Highway for the hemisphere

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