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6. The Sutured City: Tales of Progress and Disaster in the Freeway Metropolis
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Eric Avila
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents ix
- Illustrations xi
- Preface xiii
- Acknowledgments xvii
- 1. Chocolate Cities and Vanilla Suburbs: Race, Space, and the New “New Mass Culture” of Postwar America 1
- 2. The Nation’s “White Spot”: Racializing Postwar Los Angeles 20
- 3. The Spectacle of Urban Blight: Hollywood’s Rendition of a Black Los Angeles 65
- 4. “A Rage for Order”: Disneyland and the Suburban Ideal 106
- 5. Suburbanizing the City Center: The Dodgers Move West 145
- 6. The Sutured City: Tales of Progress and Disaster in the Freeway Metropolis 185
- Epilogue. The 1960s and Beyond 224
- Notes 243
- Selected Bibliography 281
- Index 299
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents ix
- Illustrations xi
- Preface xiii
- Acknowledgments xvii
- 1. Chocolate Cities and Vanilla Suburbs: Race, Space, and the New “New Mass Culture” of Postwar America 1
- 2. The Nation’s “White Spot”: Racializing Postwar Los Angeles 20
- 3. The Spectacle of Urban Blight: Hollywood’s Rendition of a Black Los Angeles 65
- 4. “A Rage for Order”: Disneyland and the Suburban Ideal 106
- 5. Suburbanizing the City Center: The Dodgers Move West 145
- 6. The Sutured City: Tales of Progress and Disaster in the Freeway Metropolis 185
- Epilogue. The 1960s and Beyond 224
- Notes 243
- Selected Bibliography 281
- Index 299
