Lisa See Endowment Fund in Southern California History and Culture

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Established by the critically acclaimed and bestselling author, this Endowment Fund supports the publication of books that plumb the region’s fascinating past and celebrate its thriving multicultural diversity.

Resisting Change in Suburbia by James Zarsadiaz

Resisting Change in Suburbia: Asian Immigrants and Frontier Nostalgia in L.A.

by James Zarsadiaz (Author)
October 2022
Paperback $29.95, £25.00|
Hardcover $95.00, £80.00|
eBook $29.95, £25.00

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Holy Hip Hop in the City of Angels

by Christina Zanfagna (Author)
August 2017
Paperback $34.95, £30.00
Read a free ebook version at luminosoa.org

Sidewalking: Coming to Terms with Los Angeles

by David L. Ulin (Author)
October 2015
Hardcover $16.95, £14.99|
eBook $16.95, £14.99

Transborder Los Angeles: An Unknown Transpacific History of Japanese-Mexican Relations

by Yu Tokunaga (Author)
October 2022
Paperback $29.95, £25.00|
Hardcover $95.00, £80.00|
eBook $29.95, £25.00

Pablo Tac, Indigenous Scholar by Pablo Tac, Lisbeth Haas

Pablo Tac, Indigenous Scholar: Writing on Luiseño Language and Colonial History, c.1840

by Pablo Tac (Author), Lisbeth Haas (Editor)
December 2011
Hardcover $85.00, £71.00|
eBook $85.00, £71.00

Dreamers and Schemers: How an Improbable Bid for the 1932 Olympics Transformed Los Angeles from Dusty Outpost to Global Metropolis

by Barry Siegel (Author)
September 2020
Paperback $24.95, £21.00|
Hardcover $29.95, £25.00|
eBook $24.95, £21.00

The Docks

by Bill Sharpsteen (Author)
January 2011
Paperback $29.95, £25.00|
Hardcover $85.00, £71.00|
eBook $29.95, £25.00

Boyle Heights: How a Los Angeles Neighborhood Became the Future of American Democracy

by George J. Sánchez (Author)
July 2022
Paperback $24.95, £21.00|
Hardcover $29.95, £25.00|
eBook $29.95, £25.00

Fruteros: Street Vending, Illegality, and Ethnic Community in Los Angeles

by Rocío Rosales (Author)
May 2020
Paperback $29.95, £25.00|
Hardcover $95.00, £80.00|
eBook $29.95, £25.00

American Prophet: The Life and Work of Carey McWilliams

by Peter Richardson (Author)
March 2019
Paperback $34.95, £30.00

Self Help Graphics at Fifty by Tatiana Reinoza, Karen Mary Davalos

Self Help Graphics at Fifty: A Cornerstone of Latinx Art and Collaborative Artmaking

by Tatiana Reinoza (Editor), Karen Mary Davalos (Editor)
April 2023
Paperback $34.95, £30.00|
Hardcover $60.00, £50.00|
eBook $34.95, £30.00

A People's Guide to Los Angeles

by Laura Pulido (Author), Laura R. Barraclough (Author), Wendy Cheng (Author)
April 2012
Paperback $24.95, £21.00|
eBook $24.95, £21.00

Black, Brown, Yellow, and Left by Laura Pulido

Black, Brown, Yellow, and Left: Radical Activism in Los Angeles

by Laura Pulido (Author)
January 2006
Paperback $34.95, £30.00|
eBook $34.95, £30.00

A Place at the Nayarit by Natalia Molina

A Place at the Nayarit: How a Mexican Restaurant Nourished a Community

by Natalia Molina (Author)
February 2024
Paperback $27.95, £24.00|
Hardcover $29.95, £25.00|
eBook $29.95, £25.00

Landscapes of Desire by William Alexander McClung

Landscapes of Desire: Anglo Mythologies of Los Angeles

by William Alexander McClung (Author)
May 2002
Paperback $34.95, £30.00

California Crackup by Joe Mathews, Mark Paul

California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix It

by Joe Mathews (Author), Mark Paul (Author)
August 2010
Paperback $29.95, £25.00|
Hardcover $95.00, £80.00|
eBook $29.95, £25.00

Golden States: How California Religion Went from Cautionary Tale to Global Brand

by Eileen Luhr (Author)
September 2024
Paperback $29.95, £25.00|
Hardcover $95.00, £80.00|
eBook $29.95, £25.00

A People's Guide to Orange County

by Elaine Lewinnek (Author), Gustavo Arellano (Author), Thuy Vo Dang (Author)
January 2022
Paperback $24.95, £21.00|
eBook $24.95, £21.00

Hidden Talent: The Emergence of Hollywood Agents

by Tom Kemper (Author)
December 1969
eBook $28.95, £25.00

Spaces of Conflict, Sounds of Solidarity by Gaye Theresa Johnson

Spaces of Conflict, Sounds of Solidarity: Music, Race, and Spatial Entitlement in Los Angeles

by Gaye Theresa Johnson (Author)
February 2013
Paperback $29.95, £25.00|
eBook $29.95, £25.00

Bohemian Los Angeles: and the Making of Modern Politics

by Daniel Hurewitz (Author)
April 2008
Paperback $29.95, £25.00|
eBook $29.95, £25.00

The Power of Chinatown by Laureen D. Hom

The Power of Chinatown: Searching for Spatial Justice in Los Angeles

by Laureen D. Hom (Author)
June 2024
Paperback $29.95, £25.00|
Hardcover $85.00, £71.00|
eBook $29.95, £25.00

Go West, Young Women!: The Rise of Early Hollywood

by Hilary Hallett (Author)
January 2013
Paperback $29.95, £25.00|
Hardcover $70.00, £59.00|
eBook $29.95, £25.00

Los Angeles Documentary and the Production of Public History, 1958-1977

by Joshua Glick (Author)
January 2018
Paperback $34.95, £30.00|
Hardcover $95.00, £80.00|
eBook $34.95, £30.00

Strategies of Segregation by David G. García

Strategies of Segregation: Race, Residence, and the Struggle for Educational Equality

by David G. García (Author)
January 2018
Paperback $29.95, £25.00|
Hardcover $95.00, £80.00|
eBook $29.95, £25.00