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Book Synopsis
At once informative and entertaining, inspiring and challenging, this book provides an understanding of urban development and change over the past forty years in Los Angeles and other city regions of the world.

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"An accessible, informative and often entertaining intellectual memoir and tour of the city as seen through the L.A. School, which has contributed some of the most provocative and productive ideas to our understanding of cities in recent history." -- Jon Christensen Los Angeles Times

Table of Contents
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1 * When It First Came Together in Los Angeles 2 * Taking Los Angeles Apart 3 * Inside Exopolis: Views of Orange County 4 * Comparing Los Angeles 5 * On the Postmetropolitan Transition 6 * A Look Beyond Los Angeles 7 * Regional Urbanization and the End of the Metropolis Era 8 * Seeking Spatial Justice in Los Angeles 9 * Occupy Los Angeles: A Very Contemporary Conclusion Appendix 1: Source Texts by the Author Appendix 2: Complementary Video Sources Index

My Los Angeles

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      Publisher University of California Press
      Published 14 March 2014
      ISBN-13 9780520281745
      978-0520281745
      ISBN-10 0520281748
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      Urban and municipal planning and policy

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      At once informative and entertaining, inspiring and challenging, this book provides an understanding of urban development and change over the past forty years in Los Angeles and other city regions of the world.

      Trade Review
      "An accessible, informative and often entertaining intellectual memoir and tour of the city as seen through the L.A. School, which has contributed some of the most provocative and productive ideas to our understanding of cities in recent history." -- Jon Christensen Los Angeles Times

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1 * When It First Came Together in Los Angeles 2 * Taking Los Angeles Apart 3 * Inside Exopolis: Views of Orange County 4 * Comparing Los Angeles 5 * On the Postmetropolitan Transition 6 * A Look Beyond Los Angeles 7 * Regional Urbanization and the End of the Metropolis Era 8 * Seeking Spatial Justice in Los Angeles 9 * Occupy Los Angeles: A Very Contemporary Conclusion Appendix 1: Source Texts by the Author Appendix 2: Complementary Video Sources Index

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