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- catalog abstract "In this book, the author looks at L.A., that incarnation of the American dream, and finds the place and the fantasy radically transformed by the new immigrants from Asia and Latin America, who have been arriving in the millions, both legally and illegally, over the past twenty years. What is happening right now in Los Angeles is nothing less than the most visible manifestation of the greatests story of the late twentieth century, the author notes, the movement of the colored peoples of the world into the white world, and in the U.S., the transformation of the country from an anthology of Europe to an anthology of the peoples of the entire planet.".
- catalog contributor b3284678.
- catalog coverage "Los Angeles (Calif.) Civilization.".
- catalog created "c1991.".
- catalog date "1991".
- catalog date "c1991.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1991.".
- catalog description "In this book, the author looks at L.A., that incarnation of the American dream, and finds the place and the fantasy radically transformed by the new immigrants from Asia and Latin America, who have been arriving in the millions, both legally and illegally, over the past twenty years. What is happening right now in Los Angeles is nothing less than the most visible manifestation of the greatests story of the late twentieth century, the author notes, the movement of the colored peoples of the world into the white world, and in the U.S., the transformation of the country from an anthology of Europe to an anthology of the peoples of the entire planet.".
- catalog description "The last American dream worth having -- There's no time like the future -- Los Angeles as will and idea -- Premature truths -- The stoicism of maids -- Modern times -- Alien nation -- Here comes everybody -- The rise and fall of Mexamerica -- Last hurrahs -- Lest the future pass them by -- The way they live now -- La raza cósmica -- Small world, big city.".
- catalog extent "270 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Angeles.".
- catalog identifier "0671671707 :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Angeles.".
- catalog issued "1991".
- catalog issued "c1991.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Simon & Schuster,".
- catalog relation "Angeles.".
- catalog spatial "Los Angeles (Calif.) Civilization.".
- catalog subject "979.4/94 20".
- catalog subject "F869.L85 R54 1991".
- catalog tableOfContents "The last American dream worth having -- There's no time like the future -- Los Angeles as will and idea -- Premature truths -- The stoicism of maids -- Modern times -- Alien nation -- Here comes everybody -- The rise and fall of Mexamerica -- Last hurrahs -- Lest the future pass them by -- The way they live now -- La raza cósmica -- Small world, big city.".
- catalog title "Los Angeles : capital of the Third World / David Rieff.".
- catalog type "text".