Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-380) and index.
Contents
Introduction: The collapse of the growth machine -- Part 1. Power: 1. The beachhead -- 2. Perestroika co-opted -- 3. Suburbs of extraction. -- Part 2. 4. Chinatown redefined -- 5. The money train -- 6. The reluctant metropolis. -- Part 3. Land: 7. The education of Maria VanderKolk -- 8. The politics of extinction. -- Part 4. Money: 9. The taking of Parcel K -- 10. Welcome to sales tax canyon. -- Part 5. Consequences: 11. Whose riot was this, anyway? -- 12. Cloning Los Angeles -- 13. Cocoon citizenship and toon town urbanism.