The Next Los Angeles, Updated with a New Preface The Struggle for a Livable City |
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| Author:
| Gottlieb, Robert
Freer, Regina
Vallianatos, Mark
Dreier, Peter |
| ISBN: | 978-0-520-25009-3 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2006 |
| Publisher: | University of California Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $57.95 |
Book Description:
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While most historians, journalists, and filmmakers have focused on Los Angeles as a bastion of corporate greed, business boosterism, political corruption, cheap labor, exploited immigrants, and unregulated sprawl,
The Next Los Angeles tells a different story: that of the reformers and radicals who have struggled for alternative visions of social and economic justice. In a new preface, the authors reflect on the gathering momentum of L.A.'s progressive movement, including...
More DescriptionWhile most historians, journalists, and filmmakers have focused on Los Angeles as a bastion of corporate greed, business boosterism, political corruption, cheap labor, exploited immigrants, and unregulated sprawl, The Next Los Angeles tells a different story: that of the reformers and radicals who have struggled for alternative visions of social and economic justice. In a new preface, the authors reflect on the gathering momentum of L.A.'s progressive movement, including the 2005 landslide victory of Antonio Villaraigosa as mayor.