Much of L.A.’s early development resulted from capital and population flows from the Midwest …. Unions fought a “forty year war” against business owners essentially losing though the small bungalow type housing that was established provided a veneer of labor content that in actuality was not evident. Davis traces LA history back to the turn of the century exploring some of its socialist roots that were later driven out by real estate/development/booster interests such as Colonel Otis and the burgeoning institutional media such as the Los Angeles Times.
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