Globalizing L.A.

Globalizing L.A.
Author: Steven P. Erie
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2004
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780804746816

The author chronicles LA's emergence as the nation's leading trade centre and gateway to the Pacific Rim in the 20th century, exploring recent epic battles over port development, expanding LAX, creating a new international airport in Orange County, building the Alameda Corridor rail link and more.

Port Town

Port Town
Author: George Cunningham
Publisher:
Total Pages: 524
Release: 2015-06-20
Genre:
ISBN: 9780692030622

A history of the Port of Long Beach, Calif., from the days of Native Americans in San Pedro Bay to the present, Port Town tells the story of the men and women who took a mud flat and turned it into an economic powerhouse, one of the world's most modern ports.