From Chicago to L.A.

• LOS ANGELES AND THE ′LA SCHOOL′The Resistible Rise of the Los Angeles School - Michael J Dear and Steven FlustyDemographic Dynamism in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, and Washington, DC - Dowell Myers Los Angeles as Postmodern Urbanism - Michael J Dear and Steven FlustyCITY OF INDUSTRYIndustry and the Landscapes of Social Reform - Greg HiseLos Angeles as a Developmental City-State - Steven P ErieIndustrial Urbanism in Late Twentieth-Cenctury Southern California - Allen J ScottRECONSIDERING COMMUNITYFrom Immigrants in the City, to Immigrant City - Jerome Straughan and Pierrette Hondagneu-SoteloThe Globalization of Urban Homelessness - Madeleine R Stoner ′Play Groups′ no Longer - Cheryl L Maxson & Malcom W KleinUrban Sreet Gangs in the Los Angeles RegionReligion in Los Angeles - Donald E MillerPatterns of Spiritual Practice in a Postmodern CityEcologies of Cyberspace - J Dallas DishmanGay Communities on the InternetRE-VISIONING URBAN THEORYRepresenting "Los Angeles" - Darnell M HuntMedia, Space, and PlaceReturning to Ecology - Ashwani Vasishth and David C SloaneAn Ecosystem Approach to Understanding the CityUrban Nature and the Nature of Urbanism - Jennifer Wolch, Stephanie Pincetl and Laura PulidoSaber Y Conocer - Phillip J Ethington and Martin MeekerThe Metropolis of Urban Inquiry The LA School - Michael J Dear A Personal Introduction

"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."