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Allen J. Scott is Professor of Geography and Associate Dean of the School of Public Policy and Social Research at the University of California, Los Angeles. His previous books include Technopolis: High-Technology Industry and Regional Development in Southern California (California, 1993). Edward W. Soja is Professor of Urban Planning at the University of California, Los Angeles, and author of Thirdspace: Journeys to Los Angeles and Other Real-and-Imagined Places (1996).

• PREFACE CONTRIBUTORS 1. Introduction to Los Angeles: City and Region Edward W Soja and Allen I Scott 2. The First American City Richard S. Weinstein 3. Hetero-Architecture and the L.A. School Charles Jencks 4. In the City, Time Becomes Visible: Intentionality and Urbanism in Los Angeles, 1781-1991 Michael Dear 5. The Evolution of Transportation Policy in Los Angeles: Images of Past Policies and Future Prospects Martin Wachs 6. How Eden Lost Its Garden: A Political History of the Los Angeles Landscape Mike Davis 7. Bounding and Binding Metropolitan Space: The Ambiguous Politics of Nature in Los Angeles Margaret FitzSimmons and Robert Gottlieb 8. L.A. as Design Product: How Art Works in a Regional Economy Harvey Molotch 9. High-Technology Industrial Development in the San Fernando Valley and Ventura County:Observations on Economic Growth and the Evolution of Urban Form Allen J. Scott 10. Income and Racial Inequality in Los Angeles Paul Ong and Evelyn Blumenberg 11. A City Called Heaven: Black Enchantment and Despair in Los Angeles Susan Anderson 12. Latino Los Angeles: Reframing Boundaries/Borders Raymond A. Rocco 13. From Global to Local: The Rise of Homelessness in Los Angeles during the 1980s Jennifer Wolch 14. Los Angeles, 1965-1992: From Crisis-Generated Restructuring to Restructuring-Generated Crisis Edward W. Soja ILLUSTRATION CREDITS  INDEX