Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-246) and index.
Contents:
1. Reform in Los Angeles: from progressivism to the 1938 recall / Los Angeles politics, 1900-1938 -- 2. Reformers in office / The Bowron administration takes off, 1938-1941 -- 3. Responding to world war / Reform as a casualty in World War II -- 4. Restoration & realignments / Surge of the left and Bowron's response, 1945-1946 -- 5. Retrenchment / Postwar issues and the Bowron administration, 1946-1948 -- 6. Recall redux / 1949 election and the 1950 recall attempt -- 7. Revival & reaction / Cold War municipal politics, 1950-1951 -- 8. Repeal & rejection / Public housing and the 1953 election -- 9. Realignment & retrospection / Fletcher Bowron's Los Angeles.
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