{"product_id":"city-of-industry-genealogies-of-power-in-southern-california-paperback","title":"City of Industry: Genealogies of Power in Southern California - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVictor Valle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFounded in 1957, the Southern California suburb prophetically named City of Industry today represents, in the words of Victor Valle, \u003ci\u003e\"The gritty crossroads of the global trade revolution that is transforming Southern California factories into warehouses, and adjacent working class communities into economic and environmental sacrifice zones choking on cheap goods and carcinogenic diesel exhaust.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eCity of Industry\u003c\/i\u003e is a stunning exposé on the construction of corporate capitalist spaces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eValle investigated an untapped archive of Industry's built landscape, media coverage, and public records, including sealed FBI reports, to uncover a cascading series of scandals. A kaleidoscopic view of the corruption that resulted when local land owners, media barons, and railroads converged to build the city, this suspenseful narrative explores how new governmental technologies and engineering feats propelled the rationality of privatization using their property-owning servants as tools.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eValle's tale of corporate greed begins with the city's founder James M. Stafford and ends with present day corporate heir, Edward Roski Jr., the nation's biggest industrial developerùco-owner of the L.A. Staples Arena and possible future owner of California's next NFL franchise. Not to be forgotten in Valle's captivating story are Latino working class communities living within Los Angeles's distribution corridors, who suffer wealth disparities and exposure to air pollution as a result of diesel-burning trucks, trains, and container ships that bring global trade to their very doorsteps. They are among the many victims of City of Industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eVICTOR VALLE, a professor of ethnic studies at California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, is a former \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e investigative reporter, a Pulitzer Prize winner, a coauthor of \u003ci\u003eLatino Metropolis\u003c\/i\u003e, and, most recently, a Radcliffe Fellow. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.1 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 09, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757768180000,"sku":"9780813551920","price":61.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a436ec901f602ea02abf912db199f3c4.webp?v=1780111349","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/city-of-industry-genealogies-of-power-in-southern-california-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}