The Reluctant Metropolis: The Politics of Urban Growth in Los Angeles by William B. Fulton, ISBN 0801865069
In twelve engaging essays, William Fulton chronicles the history of urban planning in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, tracing the legacy of short-sighted political and financial gains that has resulted in a vast urban region on the brink of disaster. Looking at such diverse topics as shady real estate speculations, the construction of the Los Angeles subway, the battle over the future of South Central L.A. after the 1992 riots, and the emergence of Las Vegas as "the new Los Angeles," Fulton offers a fresh perspective on the city's epic sprawl. The only way to reverse the historical trends that have made Los Angeles increasingly unliveable, Fulton concludes, is to confront the prevailing "cocoon citizenship," the mind-set that prevents the city's inhabitants and leaders from recognizing Los Angeles's patchwork of communities as a single metropolis.
Whitewashed Adobe: Rise of Los Angeles and the Remaking of
A history of how powerful whites in Los Angeles, between the 1850s and World War II, managed to erase the presence of Mexicans from the city's history, from significant parts of its landscape, and from its power structure--a story with much to tell us about LA's contemporary ethnic arrangements.
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Directing Your Directing Career: A Support Book & Agent Guide for Directors by K. Callan, ISBN 1878355112
Directing Your Directing Career is the only book in the marketplace written by a working professional that addresses the problems inherent in pursuing a career in directing. Callan's research and experience in the business give her access to top agents in New York and Los Angeles who represent directors, and the background to know what questions to ask.
The first part of the book outlines the director's professional journey toward paying work; the second half presents listings for agents in New York and Los Angeles. The listings detail the agent's background, resume and size of client list. In most cases, a few names from the list are included.
The book includes an analysis of directing as a realistic career choice, the need to focus one's energies on a particular part of the marketplace, how to know when you are ready to move to New York or Los Angeles, how you can be a working director in your own marketplace, relationships with agents and managers, what agents are looking for, and...
Directing Your Directing Career: A Support Book & Agent Guide for Directors by K. Callan, ISBN 1878355112
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Slouching Toward NIRVana: New Poems
"Slouching Toward Nirvana" is the third of five new books of unpublished poems from the late, great Charles Bukowski, "the uncrowned poet laureate of Los Angeles."--"Los Angeles Times.
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Gang Tapes (Full Frame)
A family on vacation in LA is car jacked, their camcorder is stolen, providing a bird's eye view of life on the street in Los Angeles.
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Graffiti L.A.: Street and Art
Long before graffiti was adopted as the visual expression of hip-hop culture in the 1980s, Chicano gang members in East Los Angeles had been developing stylized calligraphy and writing on walls. "Cholo" (gangster) scripts became the first distinctive letter forms to evolve in the modern vernacular tradition of graffiti writing. Today Los Angeles writers of diverse backgrounds draw from a unique confluence of cultures that has led to regionally distinctive styles.
"Graffiti L.A." provides a comprehensive and visual history of graffiti in Los Angeles, dating back to the 1930s, as well as an in-depth examination of the myriad styles and techniques used by writers today. Complementing the main text, interviews with L.A.s most prolific and infamous writers provide insight into the lives of these fugitive artists. Essential to the understanding of the development of the graffiti movement, this book will be an invaluable source to graffiti fans around the world.
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Whitewashed Adobe: Rise of Los Angeles and the Remaking of
A history of how powerful whites in Los Angeles, between the 1850s and World War II, managed to erase the presence of Mexicans from the city's history, from significant parts of its landscape, and from its power structure--a story with much to tell us about LA's contemporary ethnic arrangements.
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Film and Television Locations: A State by State Guidebook to Moviemaking Sites, Excluding Los Angeles by Doug Gelbert, ISBN 0786412933
It is often said that the greater Los Angeles area is the largest movie set in the world. Film and television series filming sites are, however, located all over the United States. This guidebook documents over 1500 locations where 1,106 movies and 48 television series have been filmed. Arranged by state and then alphabetically by movie title, each entry includes the year of release, the two main stars, a plot line and a description of the location. Filming sites located in Los Angeles are excluded. All sites are accessible to the public. The indexes make it possible to quickly locate a favorite star, favorite movie or favorite location.
Film and Television Locations: A State by State Guidebook to Moviemaking Sites, Excluding Los Angeles by Doug Gelbert, ISBN 0786412933
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City of Angels: In and Around Los Angeles by Julie Jaskol, ISBN 0525462147
Here is Los Angeles in all its many forms and guises, beautifully illustrated by the acclaimed collage artist Elisa Kleven, a Los Angeles native, and narrated by Los Angeles journalists Julie Jaskol and Brian Lewis.
From Hollywood and the La Brea Tar Pits to Watts Towers and Griffith Park, twenty sites of interest are explored in whimsically detailed pictures and thoughtful, easy-to-read text. Packed with people and places to look at and pore over, this entertaining book shows the many sides of Los Angeles beyond its unique glamour as the capital of the movie industry. Readers will come away with an appreciation of the city's long and changing history, its varied ethnic groups, and its diverse, colorful neighborhoods. A map, introductory essay, and further Los Angeles facts round out the tour.
Altogether this is a gorgeous, informative look at one of this country's most challenging, complex cities.
City of Angels: In and Around Los Angeles by Julie Jaskol, ISBN 0525462147
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