Reluctant Metropolis The Politics of Urban Growth in Los Angeles

Name: Reluctant Metropolis The Politics of Urban Growth in Los Angeles
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ISBN: 9780801865060

ISBN-10: 0801865069

ISBN-13: 9780801865060

Edition: 2001

Authors: William Fulton

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In 12 essays, Fulton chronicles the history of urban planning in the LA metropolitan area, tracing the legacy of short-sighted political and financial gains that has resulted in an urban region on the brink of disaster.

Book details

List price: $34.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 12/4/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 424
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.95" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Preface to the Paperback Edition


Introduction: The Collapse of the Growth Machine



Power



The Beachhead



Perestroika Co-opted



Suburbs of Extraction



Structure



Chinatown Redefined



The Money Train



The Reluctant Metropolis



Land



The Education of Maria VanderKolk



The Politics of Extinction



Money



The Taking of Parcel K



Welcome to Sales Tax Canyon



Consequences



Whose Riot Was This, Anyway?



Cloning Los Angeles



Cocoon Citizenship and the Toon Town Urbanism


Acknowledgments


Notes


Bibliography


Index


Photography Credits