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University of California Press

Berkeley and Los Angeles, California

University of California Press, Ltd.

London, England

© 2013 by Eric John Abrahamson

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Abrahamson, Eric John.

Building home : Howard F. Ahmanson and the politics of the American dream / Eric John Abrahamson.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-520-27375-7 (cloth : alk. paper)

eISBN 9780520953420

1. Mortgage loans—California—Los Angeles—History—20th century.

2. Savings and loan associations—Los Angeles—History—20th century.

3. Ahmanson, Howard F. 4. American Dream—History—20th century. I. Title.

HG2040.5.U5A627 2013

332.3'2092—dc23

2012031151

Manufactured in the United States of America

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