Edward W. Soja is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Urban Planning at University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of Postmetropolis: Critical Studies of Cities and Regions and the co-editor of The City: Los Angeles and Urban Theory at the End of the Twentieth Century among other books.

"An accessible, informative and often entertaining intellectual memoir and tour of the city as seen through the L.A. School, which has contributed some of the most provocative and productive ideas to our understanding of cities in recent history." -- Jon Christensen Los Angeles Times

• List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1 * When It First Came Together in Los Angeles 2 * Taking Los Angeles Apart 3 * Inside Exopolis: Views of Orange County 4 * Comparing Los Angeles 5 * On the Postmetropolitan Transition 6 * A Look Beyond Los Angeles 7 * Regional Urbanization and the End of the Metropolis Era 8 * Seeking Spatial Justice in Los Angeles 9 * Occupy Los Angeles: A Very Contemporary Conclusion Appendix 1: Source Texts by the Author Appendix 2: Complementary Video Sources Index

Edward W. Soja is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Urban Planning at University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of Postmetropolis: Critical Studies of Cities and Regions and the co-editor of The City: Los Angeles and Urban Theory at the End of the Twentieth Century among other books.

"An accessible, informative and often entertaining intellectual memoir and tour of the city as seen through the L.A. School, which has contributed some of the most provocative and productive ideas to our understanding of cities in recent history." -- Jon Christensen Los Angeles Times

• List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1 * When It First Came Together in Los Angeles 2 * Taking Los Angeles Apart 3 * Inside Exopolis: Views of Orange County 4 * Comparing Los Angeles 5 * On the Postmetropolitan Transition 6 * A Look Beyond Los Angeles 7 * Regional Urbanization and the End of the Metropolis Era 8 * Seeking Spatial Justice in Los Angeles 9 * Occupy Los Angeles: A Very Contemporary Conclusion Appendix 1: Source Texts by the Author Appendix 2: Complementary Video Sources Index