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- Condition
- PublishedOn
- 2013-02-22
- ISBN
- 9780520273757
- EAN
- 9780520273757
- Book Title
- Building Home : Howard F. Ahmanson and the Politics of the American Dream
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Publication Year
- 2013
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.2in
- Genre
- Business & Economics, History, Social Science
- Topic
- Sociology / General, Real Estate / Mortgages, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Industries / Financial Services
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 22.4 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 368 Pages
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Building Home is an innovative biography that weaves together three engrossing stories. It is one part corporate and industrial history, using the evolution of mortgage finance as a way to understand larger dynamics in the nation's political economy. It is another part urban history, since the extraordinary success of the savings and loan business in Los Angeles reflects much of the cultural and economic history of Southern California. Finally, it is a personal story, a biography of one of the nation's most successful entrepreneurs of the managed economy --Howard Fieldstad Ahmanson. Eric John Abrahamson deftly connects these three strands as he chronicles Ahmanson's rise against the background of the postwar housing boom and the growth of L.A. during the same period. As a sun-tanned yachtsman and a cigar-smoking financier, the Omaha-born Ahmanson was both unique and representative of many of the business leaders of his era. He did not control a vast infrastructure like a railroad or an electrical utility. Nor did he build his wealth by pulling the financial levers that made possible these great corporate endeavors. Instead, he made a fortune by enabling the middle-class American dream. With his great wealth, he contributed substantially to the expansion of the cultural institutions in L.A. As we struggle to understand the current mortgage-led financial crisis, Ahmanson's life offers powerful insights into an era when the widespread hope of homeownership was just beginning to take shape.
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Publisher
University of California Press
ISBN-10
0520273753
ISBN-13
9780520273757
eBay Product ID (ePID)
117262863
Product Key Features
Book Title
Building Home : Howard F. Ahmanson and the Politics of the American Dream
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Sociology / General, Real Estate / Mortgages, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Industries / Financial Services
Publication Year
2013
Genre
Business & Economics, History, Social Science
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
1.2in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
22.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Hg2040.5.U5a627 2013
Reviews
"It's Very Easy to Highly Recommend Building Home . . . an Interesting and Uplifting Read."-- Forbes, "Despite the nation's now-reluctant familiarity with mortgage finance, it can be a hard topic to warm up to. Reading Building Home, one not only warms to the subject, but also to the argument that big businesses and the government can work together for the public benefit."-- New York Observer, At heart, this is about a son surpassing his goal to earn back a family company lost when his father died, but Abrahamson's dense analyses make this study relevant to today's debates about how to fairly regulate the financial marketplace., Ahmanson (who died in 1968) is remembered-if at all-through the cultural institutions he supported: the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Music Center. Abrahamson makes a compelling case that Ahmanson ought to be better remembered-positively and negatively-as a man who made much of Los Angeles., "Ahmanson (who died in 1968) is remembered--if at all--through the cultural institutions he supported: the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Music Center. Abrahamson makes a compelling case that Ahmanson ought to be better remembered--positively and negatively--as a man who made much of Los Angeles."-- Kcet/Socal Focus Blog, Despite the nation's now-reluctant familiarity with mortgage finance, it can be a hard topic to warm up to. Reading Building Home, one not only warms to the subject, but also to the argument that big businesses and the government can work together for the public benefit., [Abrahamson] does an impressive job under difficult circumstances of documenting Ahmanson's life--warts and all. . . . Fascinating reading., Ahmanson (who died in 1968) is remembered--if at all--through the cultural institutions he supported: the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Music Center. Abrahamson makes a compelling case that Ahmanson ought to be better remembered--positively and negatively--as a man who made much of Los Angeles., "At heart, this is about a son surpassing his goal to earn back a family company lost when his father died, but Abrahamson's dense analyses make this study relevant to today's debates about how to fairly regulate the financial marketplace."-- Publishers Weekly
Table of Content
Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Father as Mentor 2. Among the Lotus Eaters 3. Undertaker at a Plague 4. The Common Experience 5. Building Home 6. Scaling Up 7. Home and the State 8. Political Economy 9. Big Business 10. The Crest of a New Wave 11. Southland Patrician 12. Influence 13. Short of Domestic Bliss 14. Breakdown of Consensus 15. Crisis of the Managed Economy 16. A New Way of Life 17. A Personal Epic Conclusion Abbreviations Used in Notes Notes Index
Copyright Date
2013
Lccn
2012-031151
Dewey Decimal
332.3/2092 B
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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