Imperial Metropolis

“Exhaustively researched and gracefully narrated, Kim has written a bold, pathbreaking book that takes the history of borderlands and capitalism in surprising new directions.” — Andrew Needham, New York University

“This is an excellent book — Kim is a beautiful writer, her characters are fascinating, and her arguments about how Mexico shaped the City of Angels make a robust contribution to borderlands history.” — Geraldo Cadava, Northwestern University

“Kim is deft in tying together the histories of Mexico, the US-Mexican borderlands, and the US West. This engaging and timely book is a welcome addition to the literature on these various subjects.”—CHOICE

“An ambitious, highly original, and captivating study. . . . Written in a compelling, engaging style, it is is an outstanding history of Los Angeles that convincingly demonstrates thatthe 'city of quartz' is also a city of empire.”—H-Diplo

“Imperial Metropolis will certainly spark new and important conversations related to the borderlands and Southern Californian historiography ... and explains how Los Angeles became a city with global reach and power via its unique history and positioning in the borderlands.”—Diplomatic History

“A nuanced account of how [white elite Angelenos] deployed different forms of investment schemes that perpetuated a racialized hierarchy that dictated capital, trade, and labor control across the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands. . . . [T]his engaging book will stimulate many discussions about the history of capitalism and the role of U.S. imperialism in Mexico.”—New Mexico Historical Review

“Offers useful andthought-provoking insights for historians interested in imperialism, urban development, capitalism, and race, as well as for scholars of revolutionary Mexico and U.S.-Latin American relations.”—Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era