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City of Industry is a stunning exposé on the construction of corporate capitalist spaces. Investigating Industry's archives, including sealed FBI reports, Valle uncovered a series of scandals from the city's founder James M. Stafford to present day corporate heir Edward Roski Jr., the nation's biggest industrial developer. While exposing the corruption and corporate greed spawned from the growth of new technology and engineering, Valle reveals the plight of the property-owning servants, especially Latino working-class communities, who have fallen victim to the effects of this tale of c.

The Latino work force in eastern Los Angeles (CA) is examined in light of the reorganization of industrial production for the global economy, & possible political strategies for Latino leaders are identified. Most coverage underestimates or ignores the emerging Latino working class majority & continues to describe the community in terms of economic marginalization or social pathology. A human landscape perspective provides a more accurate picture of what is termed the "Greater Eastside" as a cluster of postindustrial suburbs, formed by capital's monopoly over land use, suburban governmental characteristics, & the spread of post-Fordist industrial development. Employment statistics reveal industry & wage diversity & contradict the stereotype that most Latinos work in low-wage garment jobs. Some political empowerment has come, but this power needs to be flexed in new ways as budget shortfalls limit the usefulness of service redistribution. Latino leaders should target economic government (eg, the water & planning districts, the agricultural commission), where industrial & investment policy decisions are being made. 1 Table. E. Blackwell