City of Promise: Race and Historical Change in Los Angeles
By the end of the 1900s, Los Angeles had become the biggest multicultural center in the nation boasting an extraordinary racial diversity. The authors provide a rich description and discussion of this monumental development...an important addition to the understanding of the history of race in Los Angeles and the urban American West.
Join editors Martin Schiesl and Mark M. Dodge for a discussion of the book. Martin Schiesl is professor emeritus of history at California State University, Los Angeles. Mark M. Dodge is lecturer at California State University, Los Angeles, and teaches history at Pasadena City College.
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