Postmetropolis: Critical Studies of Cities and Regions

List of Illustrations. Preface. Acknowledgments. Part I: Remapping the Geohistory of Cityspace. . Introduction. 1. Putting Cities First. 2. The Second Urban Revolution. 3. The Third Urban Revolution: Modernity and Urban--Industrial Capitalism. 4. Metropolis in Crisis. 5. An Introduction to the Conurbation of Greater Los Angeles. Part II: Six Discourses on the Postmetropolis. . Introduction. 6. The Postfordist Industrial Metropolis: Restructuring the Geopolitical Economy of Urbanism. 7. Cosmopolis: The Globalization of Cityspace. 8. Exopolis: The Restructuring of Urban Form. 9. Fractal City: Metropolarities and the Restructured Social Mosaic. 10. The Carceral Archipelago: Governing Space in the Postmetropolis. 11. Simcities: Restructuring the Urban Imaginary. Part III: Lived Space: Rethinking 1992 in Los Angeles. 12. L. A. 1992: Overture to a Conclusion. 13. L. A. 1992: The Spaces of Representation. 14. Postcript: Critical Reflections on the Postmetropolis. Bibliography. Name Index. Subject Index.