Details

Subject(s)

• Los Angeles (Calif.)—History [Browse]
• Los Angeles (Calif.)—Social conditions [Browse]

Editor

• Deverell, William [Browse]
• Hise, Greg [Browse]

Series

• Blackwell companions to American history. [More in this series]
• Blackwell Companions to American History

Notes

Reimpressions: 2014

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 15, 2016).

Contents

• pt. 1. The long history of a global city
• The border crossed US / Matt Gainer
• Born global : from pueblo to statehood / Louise Pubols
• Race, place, and ethnicity in the progressive era / Stephanie Lewthwaite
• Between "white spot" and "world city" : racial integration and the roots of multiculturalism / Scott Kurashige
• Contemporary voice : Where you from? / Susan Straight
• pt. 2. Social flashpoints
• Social flashpoints / Eric Avila
• The anti-Chinese massacre of 1871 and its strange career / Victor Jew
• Disposable people, expendable neighborhoods / George J. Sanchez
• Gridlock of rage : the Watts and Rodney King riots / Scott Saul
• Contemporary voice : Here, now, I / Angela Oh
• pt. 3. Politics and economies
• Ab urbis condita : regional regimes since 13,000 before present / Philip J. Ethington
• Crown jewels : infrastructure and growth / Steven P. Erie and Scott MacKenzie
• Consolidation, fragmentation, and new fiscal federalism / Tom Hogen-Esch
• Contemporary voice : Contradictions, coalitions, and common ground / Manuel Pastor
• pt. 4. Cultures and communities
• Cultures and communities / Leo Braudy
• "A most advantageous spot on the map" : promotion and popular culture / Anthea Hartig
• Tijuana and the borders of race / Josh Kun
• Counterculture / Dave McBride
• Cinema and the making of a modern city / Edward Dimendberg
• Contemporary voice : Religion in the City of Angels / Matt Gainer
• pt. 5. Landscapes and place
• Situating stories : what has been said about landscape and the built environment / Greg Hise
• America's playground : recreation and race / Lawrence Culver
• Landscapes of health and rejuvenation / David Sloane
• Excerpts from the San Gabriel River series / Robbert Flick
• Contemporary voice : Thickets of density, swaths of emptyness / Christopher Hawthorne.

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ISBN

• 1-4443-9094-5
• 1-282-72935-7
• 1-78034-099-0
• 1-4051-9730-7
• 1-4443-9096-1
• 9786612729355
• 1-4443-9095-3

OCLC

664571175

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