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Ethnic Los Angeles presents a multi-investigator study of Los Angeles's immigrant population. Using U.S. census data for the past three decades, essays on each of L.A.'s major ethnic groups tell us where these new Americans live and work, why they came to Los Angeles, and the nature of their families and social networks. The contributors also give a history of immigration policy and discuss the economic forces that have made the city a magnet for immigrants

Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: Introduction: Foundations of a Prismatic Metropolis -- Chapter 1: Analyzing Inequality in Los Angeles // Lawrence D. Bobo, Melvin L. Oliver, James H. Johnson Jr., and Abel Valenzuela Jr. -- Chapter 2: A Demographic Portrait of Los Angeles County, 1970 to 1990 // David M. Grant -- Chapter 3: Racial Attitudes in a Prismatic Metropolis: Mapping Identity, Stereotypes, Competition, and Views on Affirmative Action // Lawrence D. Bobo and Devon Johnson -- Part II: Opportunities Divided: Race, Space, and Gender in Los Angeles

The nature & meaning of Flick's photographic representations of Los Angeles, CA, ("Folio: On Pico Boulevard Looking North" [December, 1994]) are examined in an interview. Composed of a horizontal series of photographs with overlapping contents & as if taken while driving down a street, it is suggested that Flick's photography captures the flatness, absence of verticality, & unidimensionality that characterize Los Angeles. The juxtaposition of still images presents Los Angeles as a fractured urban space signified by a collection of moments rather than a fluid progression of time & space. Flick claims that the relationships between frames in the vertical arrangements forces viewers to interpret the tension & correlation between images, & the viewer thereby becomes actively involved in the artistic process. The anonymity & a historical nature of Los Angeles are praised by Flick, who argues that the logic of the street & texture are central to his photographic arrangements. Following a brief history of his artistic influences, Flick concludes that his work & life are marked by the paradox between a scientific search for order & his artistic inability to achieve such order. T. Sevier

Discusses the current problems facing the transportation system in Los Angeles, CA, & some potential solutions. Although the extensive highway transportation system & automobile dependency in Los Angeles have allowed rapid growth & promoted business & recreation mobility, these gains have come at the expense of certain social costs: massive air pollution, the time & labor costs of freeway congestion, & the denial of opportunities to the carless. Government solutions to these problems are expansion of the rail system & transportation demand management, eg, carpool matching, sponsored vanpools, preferred parking for carpools, & transit & ride-sharing subsidies. It is argued that these programs are unlikely to succeed unless they are combined with measures that require auto users to pay for the social costs of their usage; such measures would include increases in fuel taxes, registration fees, & road pricing. Further, technology must be used to reduce the social costs of transportation & more flexible alternatives must be offered. 4 Tables, 3 Figures, 23 References. T. Sevier

"Los Angeles isn't planned; it just happens. Right? Not so fast! Despite the city's reputation for spontaneous evolution, a deliberate planning process shapes the way Los Angeles looks and lives. Editor David C. Sloane, a planning professor at the University of Southern California, has enlisted 30 essayists for a lively, richly illustrated view of this vibrant metropolis. Planning Los Angeles launches a new series from APA Planners Press. Each year Planners Press will bring out a new study on a major American city. Natives, newcomers, and out-of-towners will get insiders' views of today's hot-button issues and a sneak peek at the city to come."--Provided by publisher

The evolution of economics, politics, & culture in Los Angeles, CA, is discussed in reference to an associated shift in the prevailing theories regarding the urban present & future. Los Angeles has been historically depicted as outside the mainstream of US urban culture. It is argued here that the media has exaggerated the images of urban sprawl, inconsequential architecture, freeways, sun, surf, smog in Los Angeles & that it actually bears a strong resemblance to many emerging world cities & US urban centers. Contrary to the legacy of industrial metropolis advocated by the Chicago school, the emerging "Los Angeles school" of urban studies has presented a more contemporary depiction of modern urban centers characterized by dispersed patterns of low-density growth, multicultural/-ethnic enclaves, & a multiplicity of urban centers in a single region. Los Angeles also succumbs to the Third/First World dichotomy of many urban centers: high concentration of wealth alongside vast homelessness & need. It is concluded that the traditional modes of control have deteriorated, & a variety of unorthodox economic, sociocultural, & political structures have emerged to fill this void. 3 Figures, 31 References. T. Sevier