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
1 The Resistible Rise of the LA School | 5 |
2 Demographic Dynamism in Los Angeles Chicago New York and Washington DC | 21 |
3 Los Angeles as Postmodern Urbanism | 61 |
City of Industry | 93 |
4 Industry and the Landscapes of Social Reform | 97 |
5 Los Angeles as a Developmental CityState | 133 |
6 Industrial Urbanism in Late Twentieth Century Southern California | 163 |
Reconsidering Community | 181 |
10 Religion in Los Angeles | 271 |
11 Ecologies of Cyberspace | 297 |
Revisioning Urban Theory | 317 |
12 Representing Los Angeles | 321 |
13 Returning to Ecology | 347 |
14 Urban Nature and the Nature of Urbanism | 369 |
The Metropolis of Urban Inquiry | 405 |
A Personal Introduction | 423 |
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