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The City
Los Angeles and Urban Theory at the End of the Twentieth Century
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1997
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Los Angeles has grown from a scattered collection of towns and villages to one of the largest megacities in the world. In the process, it has inspired controversy among critics and scholars, as well as among its residents. Seeking original perspectives rather than consensus, the editors of The City have assembled a variety of essays examining the built environment and human dynamics of this extraordinary modern city, emphasizing the dramatic changes that have occurred since 1960. Together the essays—by experts in urban planning, architecture, geography, and sociology—create a new kind of urban analysis, one that is open to diversity but strongly committed to collective theoretical and practical understanding.
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Scott Allen J. :
Allen J. Scott is Professor of Geography and Associate Dean of the School of Public Policy and Social Research at the University of California, Los Angeles. His previous books include Technopolis: High-Technology Industry and Regional Development in Southern California (California, 1993). Edward W. Soja is Professor of Urban Planning at the University of California, Los Angeles, and author of Thirdspace: Journeys to Los Angeles and Other Real-and-Imagined Places (1996).
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CONTENTS
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PREFACE
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CONTRIBUTORS
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ONE Introduction to Los Angeles: City and Region
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TWO The First American City
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THREE Hetero-Architecture and the L.A. School
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FOUR In the City, Time Becomes Visible: Intentionality and Urbanism in Los Angeles, 1781-1991
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FIVE The Evolution of Transportation Policy in Los Angeles: Images of Past Policies and Future Prospects
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SIX How Eden Lost Its Garden: A Political History of the Los Angeles Landscape
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SEVEN Bounding and Binding Metropolitan Space: The Ambiguous Politics of Nature in Los Angeles
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EIGHT L.A. as Design Product: How Art Works in a Regional Economy
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NINE High-Technology Industrial Development in the San Fernando Valley and Ventura County: Observations on Economic Growth and the Evolution of Urban Form
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TEN Income and Racial Inequality in Los Angeles
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ELEVEN A City Called Heaven: Black Enchantment and Despair in Los Angeles
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TWELVE Latino Los Angeles: Reframing Boundaries/Borders
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THIRTEEN From Global to Local: The Rise of Homelessness in Los Angeles during the 1980s
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FOURTEEN Los Angeles, 1965-1992 From Crisis-Generated Restructuring to Restructuring-Generated Crisis
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ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
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INDEX
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Keywords for this book
los angeles; american cities; american culture; american society; 20th century american culture; urban studies; urban planning; urbanism; sociology; urban analysis; megacity; architecture; geography; diversity; california; united states of america; intentionality; transportation policy; political history; landscape; politics of nature; regional economy; industrial development; san fernando valley; ventura county; economic growth; racial inequality; race in america; homelessness; built environment; human dynamics
