A very clear and penetrating examination of our racial diversity. A must-have publication for anyone attempting to better understand us Southern Californians.

Herb J. Wesson, Jr., Speaker of the California State AssemblySacramento, California

An absolutely critical guide for anyone interested in the rapidly changing dynamics of southern California at the turn of the 21st century. I recommend it highly for anyone interested in the future of Los Angeles and its environs.

George Sánchez, DirectorProgram in American Studies and EthnicityUniversity of Southern California

This impressive new piece of scholarship will appeal to those seeking to understand ethnic distribution and transformation in an area that contains the most radically "diverse" population in America.

Joe R. Hicks, Executive Director of the Center for the Study of Popular Culture, former Executive Director of the Los Angeles City Human Relations Commission

Allen and Turner are among the premier ethnic demographers and geographers in the nation. This new atlas is thestate-of-the-art description of dramatic changes underway in Los Angeles. It will soon be required reading at many universities.

Dowell Myers, ProfessorDepartment of Urban Planning and DemographyUniversity of Southern California

The authors are professors in the Department of Geographyat California State University, Northridge. James Allen specializesin population and cultural geography. Eugene Turner specializesin cartography and geographic information systems.

Professors Allen and Turner are known nationally for two award-winningbooks, The Ethnic Quilt: Population Diversity in Southern California(The Center for Geographical Studies, 1997) and We the People: An Atlas of America's Ethnic Diversity (Macmillan, 1988).

James P. Allen Eugene Turner

Anyone who wants to know how US metropolitan areas are going to look in 20 years time should read this fascinating, informed and carefully researched monograph about Southern California. Using Los Angeles as a lens, Allen and Turner have examined the future of the American city and mapped the evolving ethnic complexity of one of the world's most dynamic cities.

William A.V. Clark, ProfessorDepartment of GeographyUniversity of California, Los Angeles

Another cartographical feast. Allen and Turner spread The Ethnic Quilt to the 5-county region and map its shifting geographies using the latest census data. More than an updating, Changing Faces, Changing Places charts new ground for all those interested in the population dynamics of Southern California.

Edward W. Soja, ProfessorDepartment of Urban PlanningUniversity of California, Los Angeles

James Allen and Eugene Turner have done it again. Changing Faces, Changing Places provides the mostauthoritative and comprehensive overview of thedemographic changes in Southern California. Like their ground-breaking work The Ethnic Quilt, this is an essential reference volume for anyone who is interested in the presentand future of this important and dynamic region.

Edward J.W. Park, DirectorAsian Pacific American Studies Program (APAM)Loyola Marymount University

A very clear and penetrating examination of our racial diversity. A must-have publication for anyone attempting to better understand us Southern Californians.

Herb J. Wesson, Jr., Speaker of the California State AssemblySacramento, California

An absolutely critical guide for anyone interested in the rapidly changing dynamics of southern California at the turn of the 21st century. I recommend it highly for anyone interested in the future of Los Angeles and its environs.

George Sánchez, DirectorProgram in American Studies and EthnicityUniversity of Southern California

This impressive new piece of scholarship will appeal to those seeking to understand ethnic distribution and transformation in an area that contains the most radically "diverse" population in America.

Joe R. Hicks, Executive Director of the Center for the Study of Popular Culture, former Executive Director of the Los Angeles City Human Relations Commission

Allen and Turner are among the premier ethnic demographers and geographers in the nation. This new atlas is thestate-of-the-art description of dramatic changes underway in Los Angeles. It will soon be required reading at many universities.

Dowell Myers, ProfessorDepartment of Urban Planning and DemographyUniversity of Southern California

The authors are professors in the Department of Geographyat California State University, Northridge. James Allen specializesin population and cultural geography. Eugene Turner specializesin cartography and geographic information systems.

Professors Allen and Turner are known nationally for two award-winningbooks, The Ethnic Quilt: Population Diversity in Southern California(The Center for Geographical Studies, 1997) and We the People: An Atlas of America's Ethnic Diversity (Macmillan, 1988).

James P. Allen Eugene Turner

Anyone who wants to know how US metropolitan areas are going to look in 20 years time should read this fascinating, informed and carefully researched monograph about Southern California. Using Los Angeles as a lens, Allen and Turner have examined the future of the American city and mapped the evolving ethnic complexity of one of the world's most dynamic cities.

William A.V. Clark, ProfessorDepartment of GeographyUniversity of California, Los Angeles

Another cartographical feast. Allen and Turner spread The Ethnic Quilt to the 5-county region and map its shifting geographies using the latest census data. More than an updating, Changing Faces, Changing Places charts new ground for all those interested in the population dynamics of Southern California.

Edward W. Soja, ProfessorDepartment of Urban PlanningUniversity of California, Los Angeles

James Allen and Eugene Turner have done it again. Changing Faces, Changing Places provides the mostauthoritative and comprehensive overview of thedemographic changes in Southern California. Like their ground-breaking work The Ethnic Quilt, this is an essential reference volume for anyone who is interested in the presentand future of this important and dynamic region.

Edward J.W. Park, DirectorAsian Pacific American Studies Program (APAM)Loyola Marymount University