7 edition of The great Los Angeles swindle found in the catalog.
Published
1996
by University of California Press in Berkeley, Calif
.
Written in English
Edition Notes
| Statement | Jules Tygiel. |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | HD9569.J8 T93 1996 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | xviii, 398 p. : |
| Number of Pages | 398 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL972080M |
| ISBN 10 | 0520207734 |
| LC Control Number | 96008918 |
| OCLC/WorldCa | 34730658 |
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