Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ix
4. PREFACE xi
5. Introduction Metropolis in the Making: Los Angeles in the 1920s 1
6. PART ONE. METROPOLITAN SPACES
7. 1. Industry and Imaginative Geographies 13
8. 2. Mulholland Highway and the Engineering Culture of Los Angeles in the 1920s 45
9. 3. The Quest for Independence: Workers in the Suburbs 77
10. 4. Sunshine and the Open Shop: Ford and Darwin in 1920s Los Angeles 96
11. 5. "Another World": Work, Home, and Autonomy in Blue-Collar Suburbs 123
12. PART TWO. METROPOLITAN IDENTITIES
13. 6. The Star of Ethiopia and the NAACP: Pageantry, Politics, and the Los Angeles African American Community 145
14. 7. Making Mexico in Los Angeles 161
15. 8. The View from Spring Street: White-Collar Men in the City of Angels 179
16. PART THREE. FAITH IN THE METROPOLIS
17. 9. "Practically Every Religion Being Represented" 201
18. 10. Fighting Like the Devil in the City of Angels: The Rise of Fundamentalist Charles E. Fuller 220
19. PART FOUR. METROPOLITICS
20. 11. How Hollywood Became Hollywood: Money, Politics, and Movies 255
21. 12. My America or Yours? Americanization and the Battle for the Youth of Los Angeles 277
22. 13. Did the Ruling Class Rule at City Hall in 1920s Los Angeles? 302
23. 14. Behind the Scenes: Bronco Billy and the Realities of Work in Open Shop Hollywood 319
24. PART FIVE. THE END: METROPOLITAN FINALE
25. 15. Selling Eternity in 1920s Los Angeles 341
26. CONTRIBUTORS 361
27. INDEX 365