Cruising for Community: Youth Culture and Politics in Los Angeles, 1910-1970
Cruising For Community: Youth Culture and Politics in Los Angeles, 1910-1970 By Matthew Allan Ides A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (History) in The University of Michigan 2009 Doctoral Committee: Associate Professor Matthew D. Lassiter, Co-chair Professor Regina Morantz-Sanchez, Co-chair Associate Professor James W. Cook Jr. Associate Professor Paul A. Anderson Acknowledgements A list of everyone who has supported me through my years of graduate work is frankly untenable. So instead, I will identify advisors, colleagues, friends, and family who in the last couple of years helped me through the final stage of my graduate career. First and foremost, I would like to thank my family. Joel in his Venice pad was always there for a place to crash or a shared meal on research trips. Kate, and her husband Brun, served as a new source of friendship in Ann Arbor at the end stages of the dissertation. My parents, Allan and Cindi, have been a constant source of emotional and financial support—and in many ways, as young Angelinos in the mid-20th century, my dissertation is a tribute to them. My father, Allan, also provided me with excellent feedback on many chapter drafts, thereby providing a role model as teacher/scholar. In Ann Arbor, I have had the privilege of meeting and working with many creative and intelligent people. Pete Soppelsa, Dan Rose, Megan Biddinger, Urmila Venkatesh, Afia Ofori-Mensa, Tyler Cornelius, Matthew Wittmann, Elizabeth Ben-Ishai, Dros Adamson, Bob Rich, Charles Gentry, and Mark Dilley have all at times provided me with sources of both intellectual stimulation and down righ good fun.
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