Publications

The Development of Los Angeles City Government: An Institutional History 1850-2000

Proceeds from the sale of this limited edition, two-volume reference work will establish a scholarship for students at Loyola Marymount University.

Published by the Los Angeles City Historical Society, the work was undertaken to fill a gap in the historical record of urban development in the United States by examining all aspects of Los Angeles city government from 1850 to 2000. Written by more than 30 prominent scholars, educators, and administrators, the work includes how councils, commissions, departments, and divisions came into being, and how factors such as population changes, intergovernmental relations, and global influences have impacted Los Angeles city government.

The Development of Los Angeles City Government: An Institutional History 1850-2000 is available for $124.75 ($100 + $9.75 tax + $15.00 shipping/handling) from the Center.

Fritz B. Burns and the Development of Los Angeles: A Biography of a Community Developer and Philanthropist by James Thomas Keane

The story of Fritz B. Burns is more than the biography of a Southern California visionary and community builder. It is simultaneously a chronicle of the development of Los Angeles from the 1920s through the 1980s, from a small city to the archetypal metropolis of the twenty-first century. Among the many outsized characters who facilitated and shaped the growth of Los Angeles in those years, Burns was one of the most significant.

Fritz B. Burns and the Development of Los Angeles: A Biography of a Community Developer and Philanthropist is available for $62.88 ($50 + $4.88 tax + $8.00 shipping/handling) from the Center.

To purchase either of these books, please contact the Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles.

Phone: 310-338-4565

Fax: 310-338-5970

lcsla@lmu.edu