Notes from Another Los Angeles. Gregory Ain and the Construction of a Social Landscape, Paperback - Anthony Fontenot

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Anthony FontenotNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 186 x 251 x 23Cover type: Paperback / soft...

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Embraces reproductive justice for all women, but challenge mainstream legal and political solutions based on protecting free choice via neutral gov...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): George J. SanchezNumber of pages: 390Collection: American CrossroadsPublication date: 2022Dimen...

There's a serial killer on the loose in Los Angeles and the local authorities need help fast. For some reason the killer has been leaving a string ...

Description"Put on your hiking shoes, pack your binoculars, and rediscover the City of Angels." --Westways Magazine Los Angeles may have a reputati...

Reducere. In Atmospheric Noise, Marina Peterson traces entanglements of environmental noise, atmosphere, sense, and matter that cohere in and through encount...

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Reducere. Seoul Food is a creative non-fiction book about the lives of second-generation Korean Americans growing up in Los Angeles County-the Mecca for the ...

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Reducere. Community Engagement in a Changing Social Landscape reaches deep into the authors' extensive experience as both observers and practitioners of comm...

A fiercely elegant and wide-ranging history of L.A.'s Dickensian extremes and Pynchonesque conspiraciesNo metropolis has been more loved or more ha...

Publisher: Wrecking Ball PressAuthor(s): Dan FanteNumber of pages: 90Publication date: 2003Dimensions: 209 x 151 x 8Cover type: Paperback / softbac...

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An exploration of the impact of institutionalization in the lives of Canadian families.

Buildings can shape our lives, improve our health, and transform society. Academic histories of architecture and medicine overlook the importance o...

Publisher: ScribnerAuthor(s): Roland EnnosNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2020Dimensions: 153 x 228 x 28Cover type: PaperbackRedescopera farm...

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DescriptionFacundo Bernal's A Stab in the Dark (Palos de ciego) is a poetic chronicle of the struggles and joys of the Spanish-speaking community i...

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This book presents the history of Amman's development under the rule of the British mandate from 1921-46 and illustrates how the growth of the Angl...

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A majestic one-hundred-year study of segregation in Los AngelesCity of Segregation documents one hundred years of struggle against the enforced sep...

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Publisher: Take Another MediaAuthor(s): Sarah GregoryIllustration(s): colour illustrationsNumber of pages: 50Publication date: 2014Dimensions: 233 ...

As the twenth-first century begins, Latinas/os represent 45 percent of the residents of Los Angeles County, making them the largest racial/ethnic g...

This book assesses the significance of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) by examining the logic of international power and order, his...

Publisher: Transcript VerlagAuthor(s): Sabrina EllebrechtNumber of pages: 300Collection: Political SciencePublication date: 2021Dimensions: 149 x 2...

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Reducere. "Scandal on the Turf!" the Los Angeles Times proclaimed. It was October 1940, a mere few months after Seabiscuit had won the Santa Anita Derby, and...

Reducere. A fascinating tour of Los Angeles told through vintage images. The City of Angels' story is told through a fun and colorful collection of old photo...

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