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Three Remembering a RiverI went to the River Station for an hour, and crossed over into the dirtand grime of Mexican Los Angeles.G. Bromley Oxnam,diary entry, Los Angeles, 1913No scientist will quarrel with [the] belief that the experiment inSouthern California will work out to the benefit of the Saxon.Charles Fletcher Lummis,18961The Los Angeles River is best known by historians of California andthe general public for its great floods.Los Angeles River Pollution Committee Report, 19492walkin’ along by the l.a. riverstepping on broken glass, kicking cansshe’s tellin’ me i don’t even know heri guess there’s some things i won’t understandi’d love to float away like old tom sawyeri’d love to run away and be huck finnpoor riverempty riverE., “l.a. river,” 1993391Deverell-T.qxd 1/20/04 10:01 AM Page 91
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Three Remembering a RiverI went to the River Station for an hour, and crossed over into the dirtand grime of Mexican Los Angeles.G. Bromley Oxnam,diary entry, Los Angeles, 1913No scientist will quarrel with [the] belief that the experiment inSouthern California will work out to the benefit of the Saxon.Charles Fletcher Lummis,18961The Los Angeles River is best known by historians of California andthe general public for its great floods.Los Angeles River Pollution Committee Report, 19492walkin’ along by the l.a. riverstepping on broken glass, kicking cansshe’s tellin’ me i don’t even know heri guess there’s some things i won’t understandi’d love to float away like old tom sawyeri’d love to run away and be huck finnpoor riverempty riverE., “l.a. river,” 1993391Deverell-T.qxd 1/20/04 10:01 AM Page 91
© 2019 University of California Press, Berkeley

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents ix
  3. Illustrations And Maps xi
  4. Acknowledgments xv
  5. Introduction: City Of The Future 1
  6. 1. The Unending Mexican War 11
  7. 2. History On Parade 49
  8. 3. Remembering A River 91
  9. 4. The Color Of Brickwork Is Brown 129
  10. 5. Ethnic Quarantine 172
  11. 6. The Drama Of Los Angeles History 207
  12. Conclusion: Whitewashed Adobe 250
  13. Notes 253
  14. Index 321
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents ix
  3. Illustrations And Maps xi
  4. Acknowledgments xv
  5. Introduction: City Of The Future 1
  6. 1. The Unending Mexican War 11
  7. 2. History On Parade 49
  8. 3. Remembering A River 91
  9. 4. The Color Of Brickwork Is Brown 129
  10. 5. Ethnic Quarantine 172
  11. 6. The Drama Of Los Angeles History 207
  12. Conclusion: Whitewashed Adobe 250
  13. Notes 253
  14. Index 321
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