The City
by Robert E. Park et al.

Readings in Urban Theory
Susan S. Fainstein and Scott Campbell (Eds.)

The City: Los Angeles and Urban Theory at the End of the Twentieth Century
by Allen J. Scott

The Exploding Metropolis (Classics in Urban History, Vol. 1)
by William H. Whyte

The American City: What Works and What Doesn't
by Alexander Garvin

City of Quartz : Excavating the Future in Los Angeles
by Mike Davis

Rethinking Los Angeles (Metropolis and Region, V. 2)
Michael J. Dear et al. (Eds.)