First published in 1944, "The Boom of the Eighties" is a companion volume to "The Cattle on a Thousand Hills: Southern California 1850-80" by Robert Glass Cleland. "Boom" takes the story forward from the early days of Anglo settlement of the region in the nineteenth century to the period when the immigration explosion created the Southern California of the twentieth century. The 1880s were remarkable in Southern California history for a land boom of unprecedented proportions. In the decades after the Civil War, the great ...
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First published in 1944, "The Boom of the Eighties" is a companion volume to "The Cattle on a Thousand Hills: Southern California 1850-80" by Robert Glass Cleland. "Boom" takes the story forward from the early days of Anglo settlement of the region in the nineteenth century to the period when the immigration explosion created the Southern California of the twentieth century. The 1880s were remarkable in Southern California history for a land boom of unprecedented proportions. In the decades after the Civil War, the great ranchos of Southern California were breaking up, and vine and citrus culture gradually replaced the Spanish-Mexican pastoral economy. The arrival of the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1876 increased immigration, and prospective settlers swarmed in from most of the United States and many countries of Europe. Millions of dollars changed hands in realty transactions: fortunes were made and lost. The city of Los Angeles, nucleus of the boom, increased in size by 500 percent. Many new suburban towns were incorporated. Where once cattle had grazed on the Mexican ranchos, the American citizen built trolley lines, founded banks, and irrigated orange groves.
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Fine in very good dust jacket. Glued binding. 336 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Hardcover Cloth 313 pages. Condition Fine Dust Jacket Very Good. Reprint edition 1991. Handsome maroon boards and gilt embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. No shelf wear with undamaged corners. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear-a few bumps, wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy. Glenn Dumke explores the rapid economic and social growth that transformed the region during the 1880s. Dumke delves into the factors that fueled this boom, including the expansion of the railroad, a real estate frenzy, and the influx of settlers drawn by the promise of prosperity and a favorable climate. The book details how these developments led to significant urbanization and reshaped Southern California's landscape, as small towns grew into bustling cities. Dumke's analysis also highlights the consequences of such unchecked growth, noting the volatility of the land market and the eventual bust that followed, leaving behind a complex legacy of development in the region.
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Good. 1944. Hardcover. C loth, dj. Tall octavo. xi & 313 pp. Significant shelf wear, toning, chipping & tearing, and dampstains to dust jacket otherwise protected by acetate cover. Price clipped. Contents very sound. Good. (Subject: Americana & Regional History).
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Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 0873280032. Slight bit of shelfwear soiling on front adn back covers of DJ.; Covered in Mylar.; California Classics; B and w photos; 9.0 X 6.0 X 1.3 inches; 336 pages.
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Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall A beautiful crisp clean hardcover copy in very good condition, lightly bumped corners, faint rubbing to cover. Missing DJ. First edition.