In this episode I dive into the early history of Los Angeles, its founders, the motivation behind their colonization, how they lived and how they survived the Anglo-American period.    

References 

Hackel, Steven W. 1997. “Land, Labor, and Production: The Colonial Economy of Spanish and Mexican California.” California History 76, no. 2/3 (Summer-Fall): 111-146. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161664.  

Mason, William M. 1998. The Census of 1790: A Demographic History of Colonial California. N.p.: Ballena Press. 

 Meier, Matt S., Carey McWilliams, and Alma M. García. 2016. North from Mexico: The Spanish-speaking People of the United States. Edited by Matt S. Meier and Alma M. García. N.p.: ABC-CLIO, LLC.  

Pierce, Charles C. n.d. “Original Settlers of Los Angeles.” Los Angeles Almanac. Accessed July 30, 2022. http://www.laalmanac.com/history/hi03c.php.  

Voss, Barbara L. 2005. “From Casta to Californio: Social Identity and the Archaeology of Culture Contact.” Wiley 107, no. 3 (September): 461-474.  https://www.jstor.org/stable/3567030.