Map 18 Resources

Books and articles

Bottles, Scott. Los Angeles and the Automobile: The Making of the Modern City. Berkeley, Los Angeles, and London: University of California Press, 1987.
Davis, Mike. City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles. London: Verso, 1990.
Goddard, Stephen B. Getting There: The Epic Struggle between Road and Rail in the American Century. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994.
Kay, Jane Holtz. Asphalt Nation: How the Automobile Took Over America, and How We Can TaKe It Back. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998.
Longstreth, Richard. City Center to Regional Mall: Architecture, the Automobile, and Retailing in Los Angeles, 1920-1950. Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 1979.
Los Angeles: A Guide to the City and Its Environs. New York: Hastings House, 1941.

On-line Resources

Supplemental Text

  • List of Los Angeles Attractions Text from Los Angeles Recreation and Freeway Map. [Chicago]: Rand McNally & Co., [1979]. © 1979 by RMC, R.L.03-S-87. www.randmcnally.com
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