About the series: Each compact and dynamic volume in TASCHEN'sPortrait of a City Piccolo series distills the vitality and history of each city into a billet doux packed with 150 photos accompanied by informative captions and inspiring ...
In Policing Los Angeles, Max Felker-Kantor narrates the dynamic history of policing, anti–police abuse movements, race, and politics in Los Angeles from the 1965 Watts uprising to the 1992 Los Angeles rebellion.
Backed by detailed demographic information and insightful analyses, this volume engages all of the issues that are central to today's debates about immigration, ethnicity, and economic opportunity in a post-industrial urban society.
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.
This volume also contains the compact version of King Víkrama’s Adventures, thirty-two popular tales about a generous emperor, told by thirty-two statuettes adorning his lion-throne.
A follow-up to Parson’s seminal Making a Better World: Public Housing, the Red Scare, and the Direction of Modern Los Angeles (2005), this volume helps shape our understanding of public housing, gender and housework, judicial activism, ...
Lindberg Middle School Little Citizens Childcare Group Little Company of Mary Community Health Foundation* Livable Places Local Initiatives Support Corporation - Los Angeles Long Beach Museum of Art Long Beach Police Athletic League ...
Chris Henrikson Director, Dream Yard/Los Angeles After reading " Where the Boyz, Are," I am dis- mayed by writer Kathy Braidhiirs portrayal of gangs in Los Angeles. According to the article, the majority of Angelenos live in unsafe neigh- ...