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In O, My Ancestor, members of the Los Angeles area's Gabrielino-Tongva community reflect on what it means to be Gab
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Urban Los Angeles is the setting in which Elaine Miller has collected her narratives from Mexican-Americans. The Mexican
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¡Mi Raza Primero! is the first book to examine the Chicano movement's development in one locale—in this case Los An
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The familiar image of Los Angeles as a metropolis built for the automobile is crumbling. Traffic, air pollution, and spr
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At once informative and entertaining, inspiring and challenging, My Los Angeles provides a deep understanding of urban d
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Vocals tinged with pain and desperation. The deep thuds of an upright bass. Women with short bangs and men in cuffed jea
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William Mulholland presided over the creation of a water system that forever changed the course of southern California&#
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Bohemian Los Angeles brings to life a vibrant and all-but forgotten milieu of artists, leftists, and gay men and women w
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A deeply concerned physician reflects on today’s doctor-patient relationships and offers a compelling vision of a better
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Marina Peterson traces entanglements of environmental noise, atmosphere, sense, and matter that cohere in and through en
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