{"product_id":"public-los-angeles-don-parson-9780820356235","title":"Public Los Angeles: A Private City's Activist Futures","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublic Los Angeles \u003c\/em\u003eis a collection of unpublished essays by scholar Don Parson focusing on little-known characters and histories located in the first half of twentieth-century Los Angeles. An infamously private city in the eyes of outside observers, structured around single-family homes and an aggressively competitive regional economy, Los Angeles has often been celebrated or caricatured as the epitome of an American society bent on individualism, entrepreneurialism, and market ingenuity. But Don Parson presents a different vision for the vast Southern California metropolis, one that is deftly illustrated by stories of sustained struggles for social and economic justice led by activists, social workers, architects, housing officials, and a courageous judge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublic Los Angeles \u003c\/em\u003epresents insights into LA's historic collectivism, networks of solidarity, and government policy. A follow-up to Parson's seminal \u003cem\u003eMaking a Better World: Public Housing, the Red Scare, and the Direction of Modern Los Angeles \u003c\/em\u003e(2005), this volume helps shape our understanding of public housing, gender and housework, judicial activism, and race and class in modernday Los Angeles and asks us if history is repeating. Parson's work anchors a collection of nine essays by friends and mentors who deepen the discussion of his themes: Dana Cuff, Mike Davis, Steven Flusty, Greg Goldin, Jacqueline Leavitt, Laura Pulido, Sue Ruddick, Tom Sitton, Edward W. Soja, and Jennifer Wolch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is richly illustrated. Biographical and curatorial essays by the book's editors, Roger Keil and Judy Branfman, provide background material and a coherent storyline for a mosaic of fresh Los Angeles research.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Don Parson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820356239\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820356235\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.68d","brand":"Don Parson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120345837823,"sku":"9780820356235","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9eab74c5-e7f4-441a-8a68-2e01ca065167.jpg?v=1687413824","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/public-los-angeles-don-parson-9780820356235","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}