Whitewashed Adobe: The Rise of Los Angeles and the Remaking of Its Mexican Past

353 Pages·2004·5.04 MB·English

by  William Deverell

Whitewashed Adobe

Whitewashed Adobe
The Rise of Los Angeles
and the Remaking of Its Mexican Past
William Deverell
University of California Press
Berkeley Los Angeles London
Frontispiece. The “city of the future” in
the late 1880s. Courtesy of the Huntington
Library, San Marino, California
University of California Press
Berkeley and Los Angeles, California
University of California Press, Ltd.
London, England
© 2004 by the Regents of the University of California
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Deverell, William.
Whitewashed adobe : the rise of Los Angeles and the
remaking of its Mexican past / William Deverell.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN0-520-21869-8 (alk. paper)
1. Mexican Americans-California—Los Angeles—
History. 2. Los Angeles (Calif.)—Ethnic relations—
History. 3. Los Angeles (Calif.)—History. I. Title.
F869.L89M515 2004
979.4'94046872-dc22 2003065066
Manufactured in the United States of America
10 09 08 07 06 05 04
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum
requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992(R1997)
(Permanence of Paper).8
For Albert Camarillo,David Gutiérrez,and Jenny Watts
The publisher gratefully acknowledges the generous contribution to this book
provided by the Lisa See Fund in Southern California History.
Americans have their leveling ways:La Ciudad de Nuestra
Señora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula has
become,in one hundred years,L.A.
Richard Rodriguez
Days of Obligation:An Argument with My Mexican Father

Contents
List of Illustrations and Maps /
xi
Acknowledgments /
xv
Introduction: City of the Future /
1
1 / The Unending Mexican War /
11
2 / History on Parade /
49
3 / Remembering a River /
91
4 / The Color of Brickwork Is Brown /
129
5 / Ethnic Quarantine /
172
6 / The Drama of Los Angeles History /
207
Conclusion: Whitewashed Adobe /
250
notes /
253
Index /
321