Post-ghetto : reimagining South Los Angeles

Publication Data

• Title Post-ghetto : reimagining South Los Angeles
• Contributors Josh Sides, Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West
• Publisher University of California Press
• Publication date 2012
• Publication location Berkeley
• Language English

Contents

Introduction : a brief history of the American ghetto / Josh Sides
Las plazas of South Los Angeles / Jorge N. Leal
Renewal through retail? : corporate retail investment in South Los Angeles / Josh Sides
Reclaiming the soil : gardening and sustainable development in South Los Angeles / Natale Zappia
Food justice in South Los Angeles / Mark Vallianatos, Andrea Azuma, Robert Gottlieb
Alcohol nuisances and food deserts : combating social hazards in South Los Angeles environment / David C. Sloane
Headway for African American workers in South Los Angeles / Edna Bonacich and Jake Alimahomed-Wilson
New directions in street gang prevention for youth : the Los Angeles experience / Karen M Hennigan and Cheryl Maxson
"Gente-fication" on demand : the cultural redevelopment of South LA / Scott Saul
Setting the seen : Hollywood, South Los Angeles and the politics of film / Danny Widener
Homicide, the new LAPD, and South Los Angeles / Jill Leovy
Conclusion : directions to post-ghetto Los Angeles / Josh Sides.

Topics

• African Americans :: California :: Los Angeles :: Social conditions
• African Americans :: Relations with Mexican Americans
• Inner cities :: California :: Los Angeles
• Social conflict :: California :: Los Angeles
• Los Angeles (Calif.) :: Race relations
• Los Angeles (Calif.) :: Social conditions
• Los Angeles (Calif.) :: Economic conditions
• Los Angeles (Calif.)

Post-ghetto : reimagining South Los Angeles. ISBN 9780873282529. Published by University of California Press in 2012. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.