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Barber, Nicola

Los Angeles

(4) 4-6 Global Cities series. Photographs by Adrian Cooper. Readers are introduced to the history, culture, economy, environment, and challenges faced by these North American cities. Each section is dense with facts, reading like an encyclopedia entry, but the "case study" sidebars focusing on specific people or issues provide insider views. Well-captioned photographs, charts, graphs, and maps appear throughout the busy pages; Los Angeles has occasional typos. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Global Cities titles: Los Angeles, New York, and Mexico City.

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