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Reluctant Metropolis:

The Politics of Urban Growth in Los Angeles
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In twelve engaging essays, William Fulton chronicles the history of urban planning in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, tracing the legacy of short-sighted political and financial gains that has resulted in a vast urban region on the brink of disaster. Looking at such diverse topics as shady real estate speculations, the construction of the Los Angeles subway, the battle over the future of South Central L.A. after the 1992 riots, and the emergence of Las Vegas as ''the new Los Angeles,'' Fulton offers a fresh perspective on the city's epic sprawl. The only way to reverse the historical trends that have made Los Angeles increasingly unliveable, Fulton concludes, is to confront the prevailing ''cocoon citizenship,'' the mind-set that prevents the city's inhabitants and leaders from recognizing Los Angeles's patchwork of communities as a single metropolis.


Contents:

Preface to the Paperback Edition

Introduction: The Collapse of the Growth MachinePart 1: Power

Chapter 1: The Beachhead

Chapter 2: Perestroika Co-opted

Chapter 3: Suburbs of ExtractionPart 2: Structure

Chapter 4: Chinatown Redefined

Chapter 5: The Money Train

Chapter 6: The Reluctant MetropolisPart 3: Land

Chapter 7: The Education of Maria VanderKolk

Chapter 8: The Politics of ExtinctionPart 4: Money

Chapter 9: The Taking of Parcel K

Chapter 10: Welcome to Sales Tax CanyonPart 5: Consequences

Chapter 11: Whose Riot Was This, Anyway?

Chapter 12: Cloning Los Angeles

Chapter 13: Cocoon Citizenship and the Toon Town UrbanismAcknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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""One of the most entertaining and thought-provoking books I have read in a long time about urban growth and change... Important reading for anyone interested in contemporary urban development. [Fulton] tells a story that may sound uniquely Los Angeles, but really applies to every growing city in America.""

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