The History of Forgetting: Los Angeles and the Erasure of Memory [Paperback]

Description: Los Angeles is a city which has long thrived on the continual re-creation of its own myth. In this extraordinary work, Norman Klein examines the process of memory erasure in LA. Using a provocative mixture of fact and fiction, the book takes us on an "anti-tour" of downtown LA, examines life for Vietnamese immigrants in the City of Dreams, imagines Walter Benjamin as a Los Angeleno, and finally looks at the way information technology has recreated the city, turning cyberspace into the last suburb. In this new edition, Norman Klein explores the evolution of the Latino majority, how the Pacific economy is changing the structure of urban life, the impact of collapsing infrastructure in the city, and the restructuring of those very districts that had been "forgotten

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EAN: 9781844672424

UPC: 9781844672424

ISBN: 9781844672424

MPN: N/A

Edition: 2

Book Title: History of Forgetting : Los Angeles and the Erasure of Memory

Number of Pages: 368 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Verso Books

Item Height: 1 in

Publication Year: 2008

Topic: United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), United States / 20th Century, Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Essays, Sociology / Urban

Illustrator: Yes

Features: Revised

Genre: Social Science, Psychology, History

Item Weight: 20.2 Oz

Author: Norman M. Klein

Item Length: 9.2 in

Item Width: 6.1 in

Format: Trade Paperback