Offers an account of the particular visions that drove the period of Anglo dominance in the Los Angeles region, from about 1850 to about 1985. This title shows that Anglo settlers and developers wanted nothing more than to make sense of their surroundings, but that their two dominant paradigms were at war with each other.
"An imaginative and provocative interpretation of the meaning of Los Angeles, carefully thought out and beautifully written."-Robert Winter, editor of Toward a Simpler Way of Life: The Arts and Crafts Architects of California
"McClung's sharp eye, and his ability to be both critic and analyst, combine to make this a book of real timeliness. It is unusual, and it is smart."-William Deverell, author of Railroad Crossing: Californians and the Railroad, 1850-1910
