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For most of the twentieth century, the principles of the "Chicago School" have guided urban analysts throughout the world. Los Angeles has been regarded as an exception to the rules governing the growth of American cities. But just as the Chicago School emerged at a time when that city was reaching new national prominence, Los Angeles is now making its impression on the minds of urbanists across the world.

From 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:

  • The concepts that have blocked our understanding of Southern California cities
  • The imaginative structures that people have been using to understand and explain Los Angeles
  • The utility of the "Los Angeles School" of urbanism


Table of Contents:
LOS ANGELES AND THE ′LA SCHOOL′ The Resistible Rise of the Los Angeles School - Michael J Dear and Steven Flusty Demographic Dynamism in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, and Washington, DC - Dowell Myers Los Angeles as Postmodern Urbanism - Michael J Dear and Steven Flusty CITY OF INDUSTRY Industry and the Landscapes of Social Reform - Greg Hise Los Angeles as a Developmental City-State - Steven P Erie Industrial Urbanism in Late Twentieth-Cenctury Southern California - Allen J Scott RECONSIDERING COMMUNITY From Immigrants in the City, to Immigrant City - Jerome Straughan and Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo The Globalization of Urban Homelessness - Madeleine R Stoner ′Play Groups′ no Longer - Cheryl L Maxson & Malcom W Klein Urban Sreet Gangs in the Los Angeles Region Religion in Los Angeles - Donald E Miller Patterns of Spiritual Practice in a Postmodern City Ecologies of Cyberspace - J Dallas Dishman Gay Communities on the Internet RE-VISIONING URBAN THEORY Representing "Los Angeles" - Darnell M Hunt Media, Space, and Place Returning to Ecology - Ashwani Vasishth and David C Sloane An Ecosystem Approach to Understanding the City Urban Nature and the Nature of Urbanism - Jennifer Wolch, Stephanie Pincetl and Laura Pulido Saber Y Conocer - Phillip J Ethington and Martin Meeker The Metropolis of Urban Inquiry The LA School - Michael J Dear A Personal Introduction

Review :

"The book serves its purpose. It captures a range of the many landscapes that are Los Angeles, it presents a variety of perspectives on urban thought, and it leaves one with a sense about the L.A. School."


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781452267647
  • Publisher: Sage Publications Inc Ebooks
  • Publisher Imprint: SAGE Publications Inc
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Making Sense of Urban Theory
  • ISBN-10: 1452267642
  • Publisher Date: 31 Jul 2001
  • Binding: Digital download and online
  • No of Pages: 456


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