About this book
Los Angeles has become a magnet for the American apocalyptic imagination, with many disasters - both real and those created by Hollywood movies - in recent years. This book examines the history of disaster - both real and imagined - in LA.
- Social conditions
- Environmental conditions
- Social problems
- Disasters
- New York Times reviewed
- Los angeles (calif.), social conditions
- Riots, california, los angeles
- Earthquakes
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