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Book SynopsisA Companion to Los Angeles is a unique study of America s second largest city and consists of 25 original essays, which collectively assess the best and most important work to date on its complex history.
Trade Review“Every Los Angeles-based history, political science, and ethnic or urban studies instructor has been waiting for this anthology. …The book’s overarching aims serve to revisit and reenvision L.A.’s early history and prehistory, uncover long-term patterns obscured by earlier episodic treatments, and influence the shaping of the city’s future.” (Western Historical Quarterly, 2012)
"Overall, this is a fascinating fractured account of various time periods, events, cultural and ethnic backgrounds, and urban sprawl in a city that has become synonymous with the American Dream." (Philosophy & Religion, November 2010)
Table of ContentsList of Plates vii
Notes on Contributors x
Introduction xv
William Deverell and Greg Hise
Part I The Long History of a Global City 1
1 The Border Crossed US 2
Matt Gainer
2 Born Global: From Pueblo to Statehood 20
Louise Pubols
3 Race, Place, and Ethnicity in the Progressive Era 40
Stephanie Lewthwaite
4 Between “White Spot” and “World City”: Racial Integration and the Roots of Multiculturalism 56
Scott Kurashige
5 Contemporary Voice: Where You From? 72
Susan Straight
Part II Social Flashpoints 93
6 Social Flashpoints 95
Eric Avila
7 The Anti-Chinese Massacre of 1871 and Its Strange Career 110
Victor Jew
8 Disposable People, Expendable Neighborhoods 129
George J. Sanchez
9 Gridlock of Rage: The Watts and Rodney King Riots 147
Scott Saul
10 Contemporary Voice: Here, Now, I 168
Angela Oh
Part III Politics and Economies 175
11 Ab Urbe Condita: Regional Regimes since 13,000 Before Present 177
Philip J. Ethington
12 Crown Jewels: Infrastructure and Growth 216
Steven P. Erie and Scott MacKenzie
13 Consolidation, Fragmentation, and New Fiscal Federalism 233
Tom Hogen-Esch
14 Contemporary Voice: Contradictions, Coalitions, and Common Ground 250
Manuel Pastor
Part IV Cultures and Communities 267
15 Cultures and Communities 269
Leo Braudy
16 “A Most Advantageous Spot on the Map”: Promotion and Popular Culture 289
Anthea Hartig
17 Tijuana and the Borders of Race 313
Josh Kun
18 Counterculture 327
Dave McBride
19 Cinema and the Making of a Modern City 346
Edward Dimendberg
20 Contemporary Voice: Looking for God in the City of Angels 366
Matt Gainer
Part V Landscapes and Place 391
21 Situating Stories: What Has Been Said About Landscape and the Built Environment 393
Greg Hise
22 America’s Playground: Recreation and Race 421
Lawrence Culver
23 Landscapes of Health and Rejuvenation 438
David Sloane
24 Excerpts from the San Gabriel River Series 461
Robbert Flick
25 Contemporary Voice: Thickets of Diversity, Swaths of Emptyness 479
Christopher Hawthorne
Index 494
