{"product_id":"the-los-angeles-plaza-william-david-estrada-9780292717558","title":"The Los Angeles Plaza: Sacred and Contested Space","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2008 -- Gold Award in Californiana - California Book Awards - Commonwealth Club of California \u003cbr\u003e 2010 -- NACCS Book Award - National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e City plazas worldwide are centers of cultural expression and artistic display. They are settings for everyday urban life where daily interactions, economic exchanges, and informal conversations occur, thereby creating a socially meaningful place at the core of a city. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e At the heart of historic Los Angeles, the Plaza represents a quintessential public space where real and imagined narratives overlap and provide as many questions as answers about the development of the city and what it means to be an Angeleno. The author, a social and cultural historian who specializes in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Los Angeles, is well suited to explore the complex history and modern-day relevance of the Los Angeles Plaza. From its indigenous and colonial origins to the present day, Estrada explores the subject from an interdisciplinary and multiethnic perspective, delving into the pages of local newspapers, diaries and letters, and the personal memories of former and present Plaza residents, in order to examine the spatial and social dimensions of the Plaza over an extended period of time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The author contributes to the growing historiography of Los Angeles by providing a groundbreaking analysis of the original core of the city that covers a long span of time, space, and social relations. He examines the impact of change on the lives of ordinary people in a specific place, and how this change reflects the larger story of the city. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William David Estrada\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0292717555\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292717558\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.85h x 6.26w x 0.86d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2008 pg. 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2009","brand":"William David Estrada","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992912101631,"sku":"9780292717558","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9d787935-4f9e-4dd6-8310-17f931cb6e9e.jpg?v=1683321495","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-los-angeles-plaza-william-david-estrada-9780292717558","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}