The City
Subtitle: Los Angeles and Urban Theory at the End of the Twentieth Century
Contributors: Allen J. Scott (Editor); Edward W. Soja (Editor)
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: January 29, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 483
ISBN-13: 9780520204249
Subjects: City & town planning - architectural aspects; Cultural studies; Urban communities; c 1960 to c 1970; c 1970 to c 1980; c 1980 to c 1990; c 1990 to c 2000; Sociology; Urban Planning; Urban Sociology; History: American; USA; Sociology - Urban; Planning; Social Science / Sociology / Urban; City planning; California; Los Angeles; Sociology, Urban
First sentence: For close to a century now, Southern California has been the magnet for enormous population movements both from other parts of the United States and from other parts of the world.
Description: Experts in urban planning, architecture, and sociology examine the built environment and the dynamics of this extraordinary modern city, emphasizing the dramatic changes that have occurred since 1960. During this period, which has been marked by the two most disruptive urban insurrections in twentieth-century America, what many view as a "restructuring" of Los Angeles has taken place.

Authors employ case studies, empirical vignettes, historical-geographical illustration, and explicit theoretical confrontation to explore such issues as race relations, economics, transportation, and politics.