Robert Gottlieb's "Reinventing Los Angeles" Released
Robert Gottlieb's latest book, Reinventing Los Angeles, is now available from most online retailers. In it,
Gottlieb traces the emergence of Los Angeles as a global city in the
twentieth century and describes its continuing evolution today. He
examines the powerful influences of immigration and economic
globalization as they intersect with changes in the politics of water,
transportation, and land use, and illustrates each of these core
concerns with an account of grass roots and activist responses: efforts
to reenvision the concrete-bound, fenced-off Los Angeles River as a
natural resource; "Arroyofest," the closing of the Pasadena Freeway for
a Sunday of walking and bike riding; and immigrants’ initiatives to
create urban gardens and connect with their countries of origin.
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