Dreamers and Schemers : How an Improbable Bid for the 1932 Olympics Transformed Los Angeles from Dusty Outpost to Global Metropolis
Dreamers and Schemers : How an Improbable Bid for the 1932 Olympics Transformed Los Angeles from Dusty Outpost to Global MetropolisDreamers and Schemers : How an Improbable Bid for the 1932 Olympics Transformed Los Angeles from Dusty Outpost to Global Metropolis download
- Author: Barry Siegel
- Published Date: 29 Oct 2019
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Original Languages: English
- Book Format: Hardback::272 pages
- ISBN10: 0520298586
- ISBN13: 9780520298583
- File size: 31 Mb
- Dimension: 152x 229x 28mm::544g
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