Down by the Station : Los Angeles Chinatown, 1880-1933 by Roberta S. Greenwood - 1996-12-31

Dust Jacket: Blemishes -- Minor shelf wear on panel edges, barely visible crease on lower-right front panel. Small dent on real panel near the spine (photo).
Book: Blemish -- None. As New Condition
15 Color photographs, pictoral mapped endpapers (photo)
Five Chapters, four Appendices, including Notes.
In 1993, the demolition of the thriving Los Angeles Chinatown of r the constructon of Union Station sealed the remains of this intact community 14 feet below the railroad tracks. The planning and construction of the Metro Rail subway system five decades later included efforts to preserve and protect culturalresources in the area, detailed in this volume. The assemblage of excaveted material objects reflects the import, preparation, and service of food: recreation, health practices; the presence of women and children; rubbish disposal practices; and densities of artifacts illuminate aspects of lifeways not previously recorded, revealing a rich picture of people and life in nineteenth and early twentieth… Read More

Los Angeles: Institute of Archaeology, University of California, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. This summary of the excavation of the Chinatown that was destroyed in the building of Union Station provides a rich picture of the people and life in 19th and early 20th century Los Angeles. Intensive historical research, oral history, and laboratory analyses have been synthesized into a comprehensive reconstruction of a community that was isolated socially, economically, and geographically. Monumenta Archaeologica 18. Quarto: 207 p. with 15 color plates, numerous textual figures, and tables. Original cloth binding, with gilt titles. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some light sun fading along the spine.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.