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Logan, J. R., & Molotch, H. L. (1987). Urban Fortunes: The Political Economy of Place. Berkeley: University of California Press.,

Question 1. In Logan and Molotch's perspective, why do places challenge the conventional concept of a commodity?

Question 2. According to Logan and Molotch, in which ways capitalists' attachment to place is different from that of residents?,Question

Question 3. Why do Logan and Molotch suggest that places are "fictitious" commodities? [RC]

Question 4. According to Logan and Molotch, what is distinctive about "structural speculators"?

Question 5. From Logan and Molotch's point of view, what is a "growth machine"? [RC]

Soja, E. and Scott A (1996). Introduction to Los Angeles, City and Region. In A. Scott, E. Soja, (Eds.). The City: Los Angeles and urban theory at the end of the twentieth century. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.,

Question 6. According to Soja and Scott, what happened to the Chinese immigrants and the Mexican "Californio" population between 1870-1900?

Question 7. From Soja and Scott's point of view, what were the main industries that promoted urban expansion during 1900-1920? [RC]

Question 8. In Soja and Scott's perspective, what are the two streams of internal migration promoted by the industrial job machine of 1920-1940?

Question 9. According to Soja and Scott's narrative, where did the largest growth of "mass suburbanization" happen during 1940-1970? [RC]

Question 10. How do Soja and Scott define "technopoles" and where are they located? [RC]

Question 11. According to Soja and Scott, when did deindustrialization happen and how is it related to the "bifurcation of regional labor markets"?