San Diego in the 1930s: The WPA Guide to America's Finest City

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San Diego in the 1930s: The WPA Guide to America's Finest City

San Diego in the 1930s offers a lively account of the cityâ€™s culture, roadside attractions, and historyâ€”from the days of the Spanish missions to the pre-Second World War boom. The guide is revealing both in the opinions it embodies and in the juicy details it recordsâ€”tidbits such as the bloodiest and most incompetently fought battle of the Mexican-American War, Emma Goldmanâ€™s abruptly terminated speech to local Wobblies in 1912, and even a delightfully anachronistic way to beat a San Diego speeding ticket. Brimming with tours that can prove challenging to retrace, this book reminds us of the changes wrought by seven decades of intervening war, peace, and biotechnology. Unlatching a remarkable trapdoor into the past, this compact and charming document of the Depression era invites repeated browsing and is generously illustrated with striking black-and-white photographs that bring the period to life.

Country	USA
Author	Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	1
EISBN	9780520954656
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	University of California Press
Manufacturer	University of California Press
NumberOfPages	156
PublicationDate	2013-04-16
Publisher	University of California Press
ReleaseDate	2013-03-01
Studio	University of California Press

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