People's Guide to Los Angeles

Name: People's Guide to Los Angeles
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ISBN: 9780520270817

ISBN-10: 0520270819

ISBN-13: 9780520270817

Edition: 2012

Authors: Laura Pulido, Laura R. Barraclough, Wendy Cheng

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A People's Guide to Los Angelesoffers a fascinating assortment of eye-opening alternatives to L.A.'s usual tourist destinations. Laura Pulido, Laura Barraclough, and Wendy Cheng document 115 little-known sites in the City of Angels where struggles related to race, class, gender, sexuality, and the environment have occurred. They introduce us to people and events usually ignored by mainstream media and, in the process, create a fresh history of Los Angeles, one built from the bottom up. With its solid grounding in research, this unique resource is both an enjoyable field guide and an accessible education tool. Roughly dividing the city into six regions--North Los Angeles, the Eastside and…

Book details

List price: $21.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 4/23/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English

Laura R. Barraclough is an assistant professor of sociology at Kalamazoo College. She is a native of the San Fernando Valley and received degrees from the University of Southern California and the University of California San Diego.