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008			030826s2005 caumf b a001 0 eng
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035			_a(AEA)C0CD85F096C348768BDE8F701BCFE4D4
035			_a(OCoLC)52970192
050			_aHN 80.L7 _b.N49 2005
245		4	_aThe next Los Angeles : _bthe struggle for a livable city / _cRobert Gottlieb ... [et al.]
260			_aBerkeley : _bUniversity of California Press, _cc2005.
300			_ax, 279 p., [16] p. of plates : _bill. _c23 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 225-253) and index.
520			_aLos Angeles's history is a story of conflicting visions. Most historians, journalists, and filmmakers have focused on L.A. as a bastion of corporate greed, business boosterism, political corruption, cheap labor, exploited immigrants, and unregulated sprawl. The Next Los Angeles tells a different story: that of the reformers and radicals who have struggled for alternative visions of social and economic justice. The authors chronicle efforts of progressive social movements that worked throughout the twentieth century to create a more livable, just, and democratic Los Angeles. These movements - what the authors call Progressive L.A. - have produced a new kind of labor movement, community-oriented environmentalism, and multiethnic coalition politics. This book shows how reformers have fought to transform a city characterized by huge economic disparities, concrete-encased rivers, and an endless landscape of subdivisions, freeways, and malls into a progressive model for regions around the country. The Next Los Angeles includes a decade-by-decade historical snapshot of the city's progressive social movements and an indepth exploration of key trends that are remaking L.A. at the beginning of the twenty-first century. It examines L.A.'s changing political landscape, including grassroots initiatives to construct a new agenda for social transformation. At once a history, a policy analysis, and a road map for a progressive future, this book provides an exciting portrayal of a city on the cutting edge of many of the social, economic, and environmental changes sweeping across America."www.alibris.com"
700			_aGottlieb, Robert. _9107568
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