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Dreamers and schemers : how an improbable bid for the 1932 Olympics transformed Los Angeles from dusty outpost to global metropolis /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Siegel, Barry, 1949- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Garland, William May, > 1866-1948.
Olympic Games > (10th : > 1932 : > Los Angeles, Calif.)
Olympic host city selection > 1932.
Hosting of sporting events > California > Los Angeles.
City planning > California > Los Angeles.
1932
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue : Billy's parade
  • Billy's migration
  • LA on the cusp
  • The quest
  • A foot in the door
  • The hand of man
  • Rome, 1923
  • The great migration
  • Protecting the image
  • A bolt from the blue
  • Planting a seed
  • Then came the crash
  • Berlin, 1930
  • A sacred duty
  • Desperate hours
  • Competing narratives
  • Playing his cards
  • A lush new world
  • A parallel universe
  • The games
  • A footing in the world.