The City: Los Angeles and urban theory at the end of the twentieth century

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PREFACE CONTRIBUTORS 1. Introduction to Los Angeles: City and Region Edward W Soja and Allen I Scott 2. The First American City Richard S. Weinstein 3. Hetero-Architecture and the L.A. School Charles Jencks 4. In the City, Time Becomes Visible: Intentionality and Urbanism in Los Angeles, 1781-1991 Michael Dear 5. The Evolution of Transportation Policy in Los Angeles: Images of Past Policies and Future Prospects Martin Wachs 6. How Eden Lost Its Garden: A Political History of the Los Angeles Landscape Mike Davis 7. Bounding and Binding Metropolitan Space: The Ambiguous Politics of Nature in Los Angeles Margaret FitzSimmons and Robert Gottlieb 8. L.A. as Design Product: How Art Works in a Regional Economy Harvey Molotch 9. High-Technology Industrial Development in the San Fernando Valley and Ventura County: Observations on Economic Growth and the Evolution of Urban Form Allen J. Scott 10. Income and Racial Inequality in Los Angeles Paul Ong and Evelyn Blumenberg 11. A City Called Heaven: Black Enchantment and Despair in Los Angeles Susan Anderson 12. Latino Los Angeles: Reframing Boundaries/Borders Raymond A. Rocco 13. From Global to Local: The Rise of Homelessness in Los Angeles during the 1980s Jennifer Wolch 14. Los Angeles, 1965-1992: From Crisis-Generated Restructuring to Restructuring-Generated Crisis Edward W. Soja ILLUSTRATION CREDITS INDEX