From Chicago to L.A.: Making Sense of Urban TheoryFrom Chicago to L.A. begins the task of defining an alternative agenda for urban studies and examines the case for shifting the focus of urban studies from Chicago to Los Angeles. The authors, experienced scholars from a variety of disciplines, examine:
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Contents
Demographic Dynamism in Los Angeles Chicago | 21 |
Los Angeles as Postmodern Urbanism | 55 |
PHOTO ESSAY | 85 |
Industry and the Landscapes of Social Reform | 95 |
Los Angeles as a Developmental CityState | 131 |
Industrial Urbanism in LateTwentiethCentury | 161 |
THREE Reconsidering Community | 181 |
The Globalization of Urban Homelessness | 213 |
Gay Communities | 293 |
FOUR Revisioning Urban Theory | 313 |
Media Space and Place | 319 |
An Ecosystem Approach | 343 |
Urban Nature and the Nature of Urbanism | 367 |
The Metropolis of Urban Inquiry | 403 |
Michael J Dear | 423 |
About the Contributors | 441 |
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