A People's Guide to Los Angeles
- ISBN-10
- 0520270819
- ISBN-13
- 9780520270817
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 309
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012
- Publisher
- Univ of California Press
- Authors
- Laura Pulido, Wendy Cheng, Laura Barraclough
Description
This book documents 115 little-known sites in Los Angeles where struggles related to race, class, gender, sexuality, and the environment have occurred. They introduce us to people and events usually ignored by mainstream media and, in the process, create a fresh history of Los Angeles.
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