Academic literature on the topic 'Los Angeles (Calif.)'

In Los Angeles, the influence of Hollywood and the film industry, combined with a non-stop barrage of media images, has blurred the line between the real and imaged. The literature reveals a city exploding with cultural, racial and social differences, making Los Angeles a confusing and alienating place. The literature of Los Angeles reflects the changing face of the city. Los Angeles was always a city with a promising future, economic booms and optimism seemed to suggest that here was a place where the American Dream really could come true. Thousands travelled west in search of sunshine, oranges and a life that formerly, they could only dream of having. Yet, the literature of Los Angeles has highlighted the city's actual history together with a realization of undercurrents of violence, prejudice, depression and shattered dreams. The past, present and future is used to reveal a city that is in stark opposition to the Los Angeles, waves of immigrants came to find. This thesis explores the idea of the dreamer coming west to Los Angeles within the literature and the variety of ways in the travellers' romantic notions of Los Angeles as a city of promise, is betrayed, leaving a desperate people in its wake. The literature shows that beneath the shiny surface of a city founded on sunshine and prosperity, corruption reached all levels of society and the 'mean streets' abound. Later, influenced by an overwhelming feeling of powerlessness caused by Post-war nuclear depression, McCarthyism, loss of identity, and living in a city fragmented by racial tension and an ever growing gap between the very rich and the very poor, the literature of Los Angeles reflects not only the fears of that city, but of American society as a whole. The collision of technology, rapid progression and population explosion turned Los Angeles into a disconnected city, where the real and imagined merge in a cityscape that demonstrates a conflicting combination of historical replication, original design and movie-set inspiration. Nothing is ever what it appears to be in Los Angeles.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2008.<br>Title from first page of PDF file (viewed July 30, 2008). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 621-632).

Les violences urbaines de 1992 mettent en évidence la complexité grandissante des relations raciales en Amérique. Elles imposent une relecture des rapports bipolaires qui focalisent l'attention des médias et du pouvoir politique de l'époque. La présente thèse vise à étudier l'évolution de la communauté coréenne de Los Angeles et à examiner les facteurs qui ont contribué à l'émergence des hostilités entre les entrepreneurs coréens et les Noirs américains. Après avoir retracé les débuts de l'immigration coréenne sur les îles Hawaii, l'analyse se déploie à exploiter la dimension économique de la présence coréenne pour démontrer sa forte contribution dans la montée des conflits avec les résidents noirs. Elle se termine par l'interrogation sur l'impact des émeutes sur l'avenir de la communauté coréenne<br>The urban riots of 1992 bring to the fore the growing complexity of racial relations in America. They cast à new light on the bipolar relations that are at the center of the attention of the media and the political leaders of the time. The aim of this thesis is to study the evolution of the Korean community in L. A. And to examine the factors that have contributed to the emergence of hostilities between Korean entrepreneurs and African-Americans. After having traced the beginnings of the Korean immigration on the Hawaii islands the analysis proceeds to explore the economic dimension of the Korean presence in the U. S. In order to prove its inevitable contribution to the escalation of conflicts with African Americans. It ends with the treatment of the impact of the riots on the Korean community

Thesis (M.A. in Security Studies (Homeland Security and Defense))--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2010.<br>Thesis Advisor(s): Josefek, Robert ; Bergin Richard. "March 2010." Description based on title screen as viewed on April 27, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: Planning, succession, employees, workforce, organizational, leadership, knowledge, development, skills, future, process, LAFD. Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-74). Also available in print.

Cette thèse explore l'histoire du littoral de Los Angeles, et plus spécifiquement des plages qui font la renommée de la région, des années 1920 au début des années 1970. Il s'agit d'étudier les plages non pas seulement sous l'angle de l'histoire du tourisme et des loisirs, mais dans une perspective d'histoire urbaine. En effet, l'aménagement, l'accessibilité, la surveillance, la réglementation et la ségrégation raciale de ces vastes espaces publics font l'objet de multiples débats au cours du siècle. À la croisée de l'histoire environnementale et de l'histoire socio-culturelle, ce travail prend en compte les différents acteurs - ingénieurs, scientifiques, urbanistes, élus et propriétaires locaux - qui ont cherché à transformer et réguler le littoral suivant des visions concurrentes, voire contradictoires, ainsi que les hommes et les femmes qui ont fait valoir leur droit d'occuper et de s'approprier ce lieu. Trois conclusions principales se dégagent de cette étude. D'abord, les plages de Los Angeles sont aujourd'hui largement artificielles ; elles ont notamment été élargies de manière spectaculaire entre les années 1930 et 1960. Ensuite, elles sont le théâtre de multiples remises en cause des hiérarchies sociales et raciales qui prévalent en ville. Toutefois, dans l'après-guerre, un mouvement de modernisation des plages et des quartiers environnants engendre l'élimination partielle des publics et des pratiques jugés indésirables par les autorités. Enfin, les plages sont le lieu de naissance de plusieurs sous-cultures, qui contribuent à façonner un modèle balnéaire original et influencent les manières de montrer et mettre en valeur son corps, à la plage comme à la ville<br>This dissertation explores the history of the Los Angeles shoreline and, more specifically, the city's famous beaches, from the 1920s through the early 1970s. I examine Los Angeles beaches not only as tourist attractions, but as urban spaces. Indeed, as vast public accommodations which attracted millions of people every year, the beaches generated heated debates regarding their development, accessibility, policing, and racial segregation. Contributing to environmental, cultural and social history, this dissertation takes into account the multiple historical actors - engineers, scientists, urban planners, local officials and homeowners - who attempted to transform and regulate the beaches according to competing visions, as well as the ordinary men and women who claimed their right to occupy and appropriate this space. My conclusions are divided into three main categories. First, I demonstrate that the beaches of Los Angeles are today mostly artificial; between the 1930s and the 1960s, the beaches were vastly enlarged thanks to the development of new techniques. Second, I show that the beaches were a place where the traditional social and racial hierarchies could momentarily be challenged. However, the postwar modernization of the beaches and the surrounding neighborhoods led to the eviction of the so-called undesirable public from the shores. Third, the beaches were the birthplace of multiple subcultures which contributed to the emergence and diffusion of new values and bodily norms, whether at the beach or in the city