A Companion to Los Angeles

This Companion contains 25 original essays by writers and scholars who present an expert assessment of the best and most important work to date on the complex history of Los Angeles. The first Companion providing a historical survey of Los Angeles, incorporating critical, multi-disciplinary themes and innovative scholarship Features essays from a range of disciplines, including history, political science, cultural studies, and geography Photo essays and contemporary voice sections combine with traditional historiographic essays to provide a multi-dimensional view of this vibrant and diverse city Essays cover the key topics in the field within a thematic structure, including demography, social unrest, politics, popular culture, architecture, and urban studies

This Companion contains 25 original essays by writers andscholars who present an expert assessment of the best and mostimportant work to date on the complex history of Los Angeles.* The first Companion providing a historical survey of LosAngeles, incorporating critical, multi-disciplinary themes andinnovative scholarship* Features essays from a range of disciplines, including historypolitical science, cultural studies, and geography* Photo essays and 'contemporary voice' sectionscombine with traditional historiographic essays to provide amulti-dimensional view of this vibrant and diverse city* Essays cover the key topics in the field within a thematicstructure, including demography, social unrest, politics, popularculture, architecture, and urban studies

List of Plates viiNotes on Contributors xIntroduction xvWilliam Deverell and Greg HisePart I The Long History of a Global City 11 The Border Crossed US 2Matt Gainer2 Born Global: From Pueblo to Statehood 20Louise Pubols3 Race, Place, and Ethnicity in the Progressive Era 40Stephanie Lewthwaite4 Between "White Spot" and "World City": Racial Integration and the Roots of Multiculturalism 56Scott Kurashige5 Contemporary Voice: Where You From? 72Susan StraightPart II Social Flashpoints 936 Social Flashpoints 95Eric Avila7 The Anti-Chinese Massacre of 1871 and Its Strange Career 110Victor Jew8 Disposable People, Expendable Neighborhoods 129George J. Sanchez9 Gridlock of Rage: The Watts and Rodney King Riots 147Scott Saul10 Contemporary Voice: Here, Now, I 168Angela OhPart III Politics and Economies 17511 Ab Urbe Condita: Regional Regimes since 13,000 Before Present 177Philip J. Ethington12 Crown Jewels: Infrastructure and Growth 216Steven P. Erie and Scott MacKenzie13 Consolidation, Fragmentation, and New Fiscal Federalism 233Tom Hogen-Esch14 Contemporary Voice: Contradictions, Coalitions, and Common Ground 250Manuel PastorPart IV Cultures and Communities 26715 Cultures and Communities 269Leo Braudy16 "A Most Advantageous Spot on the Map": Promotion and Popular Culture 289Anthea Hartig17 Tijuana and the Borders of Race 313Josh Kun18 Counterculture 327Dave McBride19 Cinema and the Making of a Modern City 346Edward Dimendberg20 Contemporary Voice: Looking for God in the City of Angels 366Matt GainerPart V Landscapes and Place 39121 Situating Stories: What Has Been Said About Landscape and the Built Environment 393Greg Hise22 America's Playground: Recreation and Race 421Lawrence Culver23 Landscapes of Health and Rejuvenation 438David Sloane24 Excerpts from the San Gabriel River Series 461Robbert Flick25 Contemporary Voice: Thickets of Diversity, Swaths of Emptyness 479Christopher HawthorneIndex 494