Juan D. De Lara is Assistant Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California and an Affiliate Researcher at its Program for Environmental and Regional Equity. His research interests include the working poor, social movements, urbanization, and social justice.

"Inland Shift provides much-needed context for future research on the Inland Empire."

• List of Illustrations ixAcknowledgments xiIntroduction 1SCENE 1: A SPACE FOR LOGISTICS 91 • Space, Power, and Method 112 • Global Goods and the Infrastructure of Desire 253 • The Spatial Politics of Southern California’s Logistics Regime 37SCENE 2: PRECARIOUS LABOR 614 • Th e Circuits of Capital 655 • Cyborg Labor in the Global Logistics Matrix 746 • Contesting Contingency 90SCENE 3: THE RETERRITORIALIZATION OF RACE AND CLASS 1117 • Mapping the American Dream 1138 • Land, Capital, and Race 1279 • Latinx Frontiers 147Conclusion 162Notes 169References 193Index 213

Juan D. De Lara is Assistant Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California and an Affiliate Researcher at its Program for Environmental and Regional Equity. His research interests include the working poor, social movements, urbanization, and social justice.

"Inland Shift provides much-needed context for future research on the Inland Empire."

• List of Illustrations ixAcknowledgments xiIntroduction 1SCENE 1: A SPACE FOR LOGISTICS 91 • Space, Power, and Method 112 • Global Goods and the Infrastructure of Desire 253 • The Spatial Politics of Southern California’s Logistics Regime 37SCENE 2: PRECARIOUS LABOR 614 • Th e Circuits of Capital 655 • Cyborg Labor in the Global Logistics Matrix 746 • Contesting Contingency 90SCENE 3: THE RETERRITORIALIZATION OF RACE AND CLASS 1117 • Mapping the American Dream 1138 • Land, Capital, and Race 1279 • Latinx Frontiers 147Conclusion 162Notes 169References 193Index 213

Juan D. De Lara is Assistant Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California and an Affiliate Researcher at its Program for Environmental and Regional Equity. His research interests include the working poor, social movements, urbanization, and social justice.

"Inland Shift provides much-needed context for future research on the Inland Empire."

• List of Illustrations ixAcknowledgments xiIntroduction 1SCENE 1: A SPACE FOR LOGISTICS 91 • Space, Power, and Method 112 • Global Goods and the Infrastructure of Desire 253 • The Spatial Politics of Southern California’s Logistics Regime 37SCENE 2: PRECARIOUS LABOR 614 • Th e Circuits of Capital 655 • Cyborg Labor in the Global Logistics Matrix 746 • Contesting Contingency 90SCENE 3: THE RETERRITORIALIZATION OF RACE AND CLASS 1117 • Mapping the American Dream 1138 • Land, Capital, and Race 1279 • Latinx Frontiers 147Conclusion 162Notes 169References 193Index 213