Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-288) and index
Introduction: Spacing Southern California -- I. Images and Narratives. Ch. 1. Reel Images and Real Polities. Ch. 2. 'Wannabe-Utopias'. Ch. 3. Space, Nature and Civil Society -- II. (Un)making Fordism. Ch. 4. Arsenal and Throw-Away-City. Ch. 5. Impossible Dream -- III. Globalizing the Local. Ch. 6. Political Economy. Ch. 7. Immigrant Worlds. Ch. 8. Building the World City -- IV. Localizing the Global. Ch. 9. Redevelopment. Ch. 10. Local States. Ch. 11. Politics and Riots. Ch. 12. Conclusion: Une Fin de Siecle Americain(e)
