Download or read book Whitewashed Adobe written by William Francis Deverell and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2004-06-03 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This magnificent book, the fruit of a decade of original research, is a landmark in Los Angeles's difficult conversation with its past. Deverell brilliantly exposes the white lies and racial deceits that have for too long reigned as municipal 'history.'"—Mike Davis