The subprime crash of 2008 revealed a fragile, unjust, and unsustainable economy built on retail consumption, low-wage jobs, and fictitious capital. Economic crisis, finance capital, and global commodity chains transformed Southern California just as Latinxs and immigrants were turning California into a majority-nonwhite state. In Inland Shift, Juan D. De Lara uses the growth of Southern California's logistics economy, which controls the movement of goods, to examine how modern capitalism was shaped by and helped to transform the region's geographies of race and class. While logistics provided a roadmap for capital and the state to transform Southern California, it also created pockets of resistance among labor, community, and environmental groups who argued that commodity distribution exposed them to economic and environmental precarity.

About the Author
Juan D. De Lara is Assistant Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California and an Affiliate Researcher at its Program for Environmental and Regional Equity. His research interests include the working poor, social movements, urbanization, and social justice.

Reviews
"Inland Shift provides much-needed context for future research on the Inland Empire." * California History *
"De Lara weaves a sophisticated and multidimensional analysis of the successive waves of settlement and development projects that reshaped the landscape, demography, and cultural meanings of the Inland Empire. . . .this book is an enormous contribution to numerous fields, and De Lara writes beautifully." * American Journal of Sociology *



Book Information
ISBN 9780520297395
Author Juan De Lara
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint University of California Press
Publisher University of California Press
Weight(grams) 363g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 15mm