The Next Los Angeles: The Struggle for a Livable City
- ISBN-10
- 0520250095
- ISBN-13
- 9780520250093
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 279
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006-08-07
- Publisher
- Univ of California Press
- Author
- Robert Gottlieb
Description
"With this rich account of its community and labor struggles, the city of angels—and apocalypse—becomes the city of hope."—Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America "This wonderful book, with its evocations of LA's alternative histories, and its bold templates for social and environmental justice, is proof that the American Left is alive and well, especially in Southern California."—Mike Davis, author of Dead Cities "A rare book combining history, analysis, strategy and a platform – and it may well be carried out in this decade."—Tom Hayden, former State Senator, Los Angeles
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