From citrus trees to spring breakers, Transforming the Irvine Ranch tells the story of Orange County's metamorphosis from 93,000 acres of farmland into an iconic Southern California landscape of beaches and modernist architecture. Drawing on decades of archival research and their own years at the famed Irvine Company, the authors bring a collection of colorful characters responsible for the transformation to life, including:
- Ray Watson, whose nearly century-long life took him from an Oakland boarding house to the Irvine and Walt Disney Company boardrooms
- Joan Irvine Smith, a much-married heiress who waged war against the US government and the Irvine Foundation's reactionary board and won
- William Pereira, the visionary architect whose work became synonymous with the LA cityscape.
Spanning the history of modern California from its Gold Rush past to the late 1970s, Transforming the Irvine Ranch chronicles a storied family's largely successful attempts to remake the vast Irvine Ranch in its own image.
Author: C. Michael Stockstill,H. Pike Oliver
Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
Publish Date: 2022
Edition: 1
ISBN: 103212783X
ISBN 13: 9781032127835
Dimension: Length: 6.14 inches, Width: 0.71 inches, Height: 9.21 inches
Weight: Weight: 1.08908357428 pounds
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 308
From citrus trees to spring breakers, Transforming the Irvine Ranch tells the story of Orange County's metamorphosis from 93,000 acres of farmland into an iconic Southern California landscape of beaches and modernist architecture. Drawing on decades of archival research and their own years at the famed Irvine Company, the authors bring a collection of colorful characters responsible for the transformation to life, including:
- Ray Watson, whose nearly century-long life took him from an Oakland boarding house to the Irvine and Walt Disney Company boardrooms
- Joan Irvine Smith, a much-married heiress who waged war against the US government and the Irvine Foundation's reactionary board and won
- William Pereira, the visionary architect whose work became synonymous with the LA cityscape.
Spanning the history of modern California from its Gold Rush past to the late 1970s, Transforming the Irvine Ranch chronicles a storied family's largely successful attempts to remake the vast Irvine Ranch in its own image.
Author: C. Michael Stockstill,H. Pike Oliver
Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
Publish Date: 2022
Edition: 1
ISBN: 103212783X
ISBN 13: 9781032127835
Dimension: Length: 6.14 inches, Width: 0.71 inches, Height: 9.21 inches
Weight: Weight: 1.08908357428 pounds
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 308