Building Home: Howard F Ahmanson And The Politics Of The American Dream (SCARCE HARDBACK FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY AUTHOR, ERIC JOHN ABRAHAMSON)
by Abrahamson, Eric John
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus
- ISBN 10
- 0520273753
- ISBN 13
- 9780520273757
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About This Item
Berkley And Los Angeles, USA: University Of California Press, 2013. VG+/VG+. First Edition, First Printing in d/w. SIGNED BY AUTHOR, ERIC JOHN ABRAHAMSON, without dedication or inscription on title-page. Profusely illustrated with photographs. This book is an innovative biography that weaves together three engrossing stories. It is one part corporate history, using the evolution of mortgage finance as a way of understanding larger dynamics in the nation's political economy. It is also part urban history, since the extraordinary success of the savings and loan business in Los Angeles reflects much of of the cultural and economic history of Southern California. Finally, it is the personal story of one of the nation's most successful entrepreneurs of the managed economy - Howard F Ahmanson. With Notes and Index. A very good plus copy, ina very good plus d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY AUTHOR, ERIC JOHN ABRAHAMSON. . Signed by Author, Eric John Abrahamson. First Edition, First Printing. Hardback. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus.
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- Greystone Books (GB)
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- 20213
- Title
- Building Home: Howard F Ahmanson And The Politics Of The American Dream (SCARCE HARDBACK FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY AUTHOR, ERIC JOHN ABRAHAMSON)
- Author
- Abrahamson, Eric John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0520273753
- ISBN 13
- 9780520273757
- Publisher
- University Of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkley And Los Angeles, USA
- Date Published
- 2013
- Keywords
- Signed. Autographed. Los Angeles, California. Mortgage Loans, California History. Savings And Loans Associations. Howard F Ahmanson. American Dream. Mortgage Finance. Urban History. Political Economy. Biography. Howard F Ahmanson. Finance. Economics.
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