Venice: A Contested Bohemia in Los Angeles
"In this tour de force of dialectical observation, Andrew Deener explains how Venice Beach is both L.A.'s democratic libido and the summation of its inequalities."--Mike Davis, author of City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles"Andrew Deener writes clearly and engagingly about development and gentrification in Venice, one of those places that everyone has heard about but few people actually know. Unfailingly interesting to anyone interested in urbanism, urban sociology, and history, this first-class book will command respect from scholars. Deener clearly knows what he's talking about, and when he's through, so do you." -Howard S. Becker,   author ofTelling About Society,University of California, Santa Barbara