Post-ghetto : reimagining South Los Angeles /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West
Other Authors:	Sides, Josh, 1972-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley : San Marino, Calif. : Published for the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West by University of California Press ; Huntington Library, [2012]
Series:	Western histories ; 5.
Subjects:	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.

Table of 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.