A companion to Los Angeles /
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| Imprint: | Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. |
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| Description: | xviii, 527 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Blackwell companions to American history ; 19 Blackwell companions to American history ; 19. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7987132 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Plates
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I. The Long History of a Global City
- 1. The Border Crossed US
- 2. Born Global: From Pueblo to Statehood
- 3. Race, Place, and Ethnicity in the Progressive Era
- 4. Between "White Spot" and "World City": Racial Integration and the Roots of Multiculturalism
- 5. Contemporary Voice: Where You From?
- Part II. Social Flashpoints
- 6. Social Flashpoints
- 7. The Anti-Chinese Massacre of 1871 and Its Strange Career
- 8. Disposable People, Expendable Neighborhoods
- 9. Gridlock of Rage: The Watts and Rodney King Riots
- 10. Contemporary Voice: Here, Now, I
- Part III. Politics and Economies
- 11. Ab urbis condita: Regional Regimes since 13,000 Before Present
- 12. Crown Jewels: Infrastructure and Growth
- 13. Consolidation, Fragmentation, and New Fiscal Federalism
- 14. Contemporary Voice: Contradictions, Coalitions, and Common Ground
- Part IV. Cultures and Communities
- 15. Cultures and Communities
- 16. "A Most Advantageous Spot on the Map": Promotion and Popular Culture
- 17. Tijuana and the Borders of Race
- 18. Counterculture
- 19. Cinema and the Making of a Modern City
- 20. Contemporary Voice: Looking for God in the City of Angels
- Part V. Landscapes and Place
- 21. Situating Stories: What Has Been Said About Landscape and the Built Environment
- 22. Americas Playground: Recreation and Race
- 23. Landscapes of Health and Rejuvenation
- 24. Excerpts from the San Gabriel River Series
- 25. Contemporary Voice: Thickets of Density, Swaths of Emptyness
- Index
