{"product_id":"city-of-industry-genealogies-of-power-in-southern-california-9780813551920","title":"City of Industry Genealogies of Power in Southern California","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Victor Valle is the pit bull of Los Angeles writers. In the mid-1980s he sank his teeth into a story about corruption in the strange city-state of Industry, and he never let go. Now, after twenty years of relentless sleuthing, he tells a tale of epic greed that began in the dusty hills east of Los Angeles but now engrosses the very centers of power in Southern California's Pacific Rim economy. As a noirish revelation of power and secret history of L.A., this is a stunning non-fiction sequel to Robert Towne's Chinatown.\" -- Mike Davis * author of City of Quartz *\u003cbr\u003e\"A wonderful, muckraking account of arrogance and the pursuit of economic power. Highly recommended.\" * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\"This important book should rightly take its place alongside such works as Mike Davis's \u003ci\u003eCity of Quartz\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEcology of Fear\u003c\/i\u003e, Gray Brechin's \u003ci\u003eImperial San Francisco\u003c\/i\u003e, and Donald Worster's \u003ci\u003eRivers of Empire\u003c\/i\u003e on the shelf of standard \u003ci\u003enoir\u003c\/i\u003e literature on California's development. Reflecting Victor Valle's prize-winning talents as an investigative reporter for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, much of the narrative of \u003ci\u003eCity of Industry\u003c\/i\u003e reads as well as a Dashiell Hammett novel.\" -- Michael R. Adamson * Pacific Historical Review *\u003cbr\u003e\"The history of the tale of political intrigue, manipulation of state and local laws, monopolistic business practices, and outright bribery is revealed in City of Industry. Like a Progressive Era muckraker, Valle digs deeply into his evidence to dissect corruption on one level and raise a consciousness of what he sees as similar behavior on a much larger scale.\" * Southern California Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003e\"The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Victor Valle is the pit bull of Los Angeles writers. In the mid-1980s he sank his teeth into a story about corruption in the strange city-state of Industry, and he never let go. Now, after twenty years of relentless sleuthing, he tells a tale of epic greed that began in the dusty hills east of Los Angeles but now engrosses the very centers of power in Southern California's Pacific Rim economy. As a noirish revelation of power and secret history of L.A., this is a stunning non-fiction sequel to Robert Towne's Chinatown.\" -- Mike Davis * author of City of Quartz *\u003cbr\u003e\"A wonderful, muckraking account of arrogance and the pursuit of economic power. Highly recommended.\" * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\"This important book should rightly take its place alongside such works as Mike Davis's \u003ci\u003eCity of Quartz\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEcology of Fear\u003c\/i\u003e, Gray Brechin's \u003ci\u003eImperial San Francisco\u003c\/i\u003e, and Donald Worster's \u003ci\u003eRivers of Empire\u003c\/i\u003e on the shelf of standard \u003ci\u003enoir\u003c\/i\u003e literature on California's development. Reflecting Victor Valle's prize-winning talents as an investigative reporter for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, much of the narrative of \u003ci\u003eCity of Industry\u003c\/i\u003e reads as well as a Dashiell Hammett novel.\" -- Michael R. Adamson * Pacific Historical Review *\u003cbr\u003e\"The history of the tale of political intrigue, manipulation of state and local laws, monopolistic business practices, and outright bribery is revealed in City of Industry. Like a Progressive Era muckraker, Valle digs deeply into his evidence to dissect corruption on one level and raise a consciousness of what he sees as similar behavior on a much larger scale.\" * Southern California Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAchnowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e His Theater of Shame\u003cbr\u003e A Legacy of Debt, Rails, and Nooses\u003cbr\u003e In the School of Power\u003cbr\u003e Graduation Day\u003cbr\u003e \"We don't like the dirty deal\"\u003cbr\u003e Triangulating the Throne\u003cbr\u003e Constructing their Ladder\u003cbr\u003e Defending their Ladder\u003cbr\u003e The Other Chinatowns\u003cbr\u003e Jim's Busy Period\u003cbr\u003e Assembling Jim's Portrait\u003cbr\u003e Jim's Hot Vegas Tip\u003cbr\u003e A Punishing Gaze\u003cbr\u003e Performing His Whiteness\u003cbr\u003e Burying the Body\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"MW - Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742323310935,"sku":"9780813551920","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813551920.jpg?v=1758384277","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/city-of-industry-genealogies-of-power-in-southern-california-9780813551920","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}