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Experience a year in Los Angeles County, in all its glitter and grit, through a unique anthology that pairs essays by acclaimed writers and historians with custom maps.
When many of us picture Los Angeles, we're actually thinking of LA County. Home to roughly ten million people, the county alone is more populous than forty-two US states. Its eighty-eight cities include places made famous by Hollywood glamor and California dreaming—Beverly Hills, Malibu, and Santa Monica—but also working-class municipalities and the self-explanatory City of Industry. With a territory that includes the Pacific coastline, mountain ranges, and the high Mojave Desert, the county's landscapes have been touched by earthquakes, droughts, and, of course, devastating fires. LA County is a place of extremes: progress and injustice, innovation and stagnation.
Visions of the Southland collects essays by writers, journalists, and historians to create a nuanced portrait of LA that's grounded in the county itself—its sites, structures, and stories. Contributors—including Gustavo Arellano, Keri Blakinger, Lynell George, Christopher Hawthorne, Michael Hiltzik, Greg Hise, Carolina Miranda, Becky Nicolaides, Susan Straight, and David L. Ulin—delve into LA's infamous air pollution, movie ranches, prisons, aqueducts, urban forests, SoCal Bohemianism, and more. A custom map by Ezra Rawitsch enriches each piece and grounds the reader in specific locations throughout the county. Unfolding over the course of a year, the book traces the rhythms of politics, sports, weather, and wildlife across this sprawling and enigmatic place.
Sweeping in its scope and gorgeous in its design, Visions of the Southland will delight Angelenos, history buffs, urbanists, and map enthusiasts alike.
Contents
Why a County? Understanding Los Angeles
Wade Graham and William Deverell
January
1. Metabolism
Wade Graham
2. Migrations
Becky Nicolaides
February
3. Sport in Los Angeles County
Peter Neushul and Peter Westwick
4. Entertainment of All Kinds
Andy Lewis
March
5. Watch for Water
Michael Hiltzik and William Deverell
6. Density and Its Discontents
Greg Hise
April
7. Fluids
Steven W. Usselman
8. The Aesthetics of Banality
Christopher Hawthorne
May
9. Ocean
Wade Graham
10. Arms' Way
Peter Westwick
June
11. Sound On: Music Made for Moving
Lynell George
12. Diversity and the Urban Forest Face Down Apocalypse
Paula M. Schiffman
July
13. Bad Air
William Deverell
14. Flow: Landscapes of Distribution
Catherine Gudis
August
15. Jailtown
Keri Blakinger
16. From the OC Borderlands
Gustavo Arellano
September
17. Harm's Way
Wade Graham
18. Bohemian County
Sarah Schrank
October
19. Ghost Stories
David L. Ulin
20. Transit, Traffic, Los Angeles County
Laura J. Nelson
November
21. Fierce Women and White-Painted Houses: Southern California as Promised Land
Susan Straight
22. Los Angeles County Governance: A Work in Progress Since 1850
Raphael J. Sonenshein and Tom Sitton
December
23. The Official Unofficial Art Landscapes of Los Angeles County
Carolina A. Miranda
24. A Rich Portrait of the Los Angeles County Economy
Rick Wartzman
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Index
