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pt. I. Coast of dreams. Surf's up! ; Zen California ; Mind games ; Bon appétit ; Dumbing down ; Ocean park ; Frank's kids
pt. II. Catastrophe. Earthquake, fire, and flood ; Scene of the crime ; Reefer madness ; Killing time ; Homeboys ; Gangbusters ; Doing time ; A lost generation ; Send in the Marines
pt. III. Diversity. Viva Mexico! ; Asian attitudes ; Multiple identities
pt. IV. Wedge issues. Backlash ; Illegals ; Rising tensions ; Wedge issues ; Affirmative action ; Hasta la vista! ; Accommodations
pt. V. Turnaround. For the good times ; Free fall ; Turnaround ; Immigrants to the rescue ; Swords into ploughshares ; The comeback kid ; Valley talk ; Genes to work ; Foreign trade ; The rim ; NAFTA
pt. VI. Cities, suburbs, and other places. How should we live? ; Holy Land or plains of Id? Southern California and metro Sacramento ; Staying time : Santa Barbara and Palm Springs ; The upper left : Berkeley, Santa Monica, West Hollywood ; Booming places : Ventura, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and San Diego counties ; Tough love : Jerry Brown's Oakland ; Downtown : the reurbanization of San Jose ; Play ball! : San Diego in the major leagues
pt. VII. A tale of two cities : Los Angeles and San Francisco. People ; Payday ; Poor ; Politics ; Place ; Talk of the town
pt. VIII. Growth and the environment. Heartland ; Waterworld ; Endangered species ; North Coast redwoods and other trees ; Going green ; Open space ; Fixed rail
pt. IX. Back on the edge. Bill and Barbra ; Dot-com debacle ; Report card ; The boys from Texas ; 9/11
Epilogue. Déjà vu all over again.
pt. II. Catastrophe. Earthquake, fire, and flood ; Scene of the crime ; Reefer madness ; Killing time ; Homeboys ; Gangbusters ; Doing time ; A lost generation ; Send in the Marines
pt. III. Diversity. Viva Mexico! ; Asian attitudes ; Multiple identities
pt. IV. Wedge issues. Backlash ; Illegals ; Rising tensions ; Wedge issues ; Affirmative action ; Hasta la vista! ; Accommodations
pt. V. Turnaround. For the good times ; Free fall ; Turnaround ; Immigrants to the rescue ; Swords into ploughshares ; The comeback kid ; Valley talk ; Genes to work ; Foreign trade ; The rim ; NAFTA
pt. VI. Cities, suburbs, and other places. How should we live? ; Holy Land or plains of Id? Southern California and metro Sacramento ; Staying time : Santa Barbara and Palm Springs ; The upper left : Berkeley, Santa Monica, West Hollywood ; Booming places : Ventura, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and San Diego counties ; Tough love : Jerry Brown's Oakland ; Downtown : the reurbanization of San Jose ; Play ball! : San Diego in the major leagues
pt. VII. A tale of two cities : Los Angeles and San Francisco. People ; Payday ; Poor ; Politics ; Place ; Talk of the town
pt. VIII. Growth and the environment. Heartland ; Waterworld ; Endangered species ; North Coast redwoods and other trees ; Going green ; Open space ; Fixed rail
pt. IX. Back on the edge. Bill and Barbra ; Dot-com debacle ; Report card ; The boys from Texas ; 9/11
Epilogue. Déjà vu all over again.