Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ILLUSTRATIONS ix
4. TABLES xi
5. PREFACE xv
6. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xxi
7. PART ONE: BACKGROUND
8. ONE. OVERVIEW: BIRACIAL COALITION POLITICS 3
9. TWO. MINORITIES IN THE ENTREPRENEURIAL CITY: 1781-1960 21
10. THREE. FIRST VICTORIES: 1960-1963 36
11. PART TWO: THE ROAD TO POWER
12. FOUR. THE ROOTS OF BIRACIAL POLITICS: THE TENTH DISTRICT 55
13. FIVE. RACE, IDEOLOGY, AND THE FORMATION OF A NEW CITYWIDE COALITION 67
14. SIX. THE 1969 MAYORAL CRUSADE 85
15. SEVEN. BIRACIAL VICTORY: THE 1973 MAYORAL ELECTION 101
16. EIGHT. FACTIONAL CONFLICTS AND THE CONSOLIDATION OF BIRACIAL POWER 114
17. PART THREE: THE COALITION IN POWER
18. NINE. POLITICAL CHANGE: POWER SHIFTS 139
19. TEN. ECONOMIC CHANGE: A MIXED RECORD 163
20. ELEVEN. POLITICAL HEGEMONY: 1973-1985 176
21. TWELVE. THE BREAKDOWN OF CONSENSUS: 1985-1990 191
22. THIRTEEN. THE RODNEY KING CASE AND LOS ANGELES COALITION POLITICS 210
23. PART FOUR: ENDINGS AND BEGINNINGS
24. FOURTEEN. BIRACIAL COALITION POLITICS IN LOS ANGELES AND NEW YORK CITY 229
25. FIFTEEN. MULTIRACIAL COALITIONS IN THE FUTURE OF LOS ANGELES: POLITICS BEYOND BLACK AND WHITE 246
26. SIXTEEN. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: TOWARD A NEW CONTRACT FOR BIRACIAL POLITICS 269
27. AFTERWORD 283
28. REFERENCES 313
29. INDEX 323