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: Costa Vargas, João H. (2006). Catching Hell in the City of Angels: Life and Meanings of Blackness in South Central Los Angeles. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, pp. xii, 305, introductions, tables, appendix, notes, index, $19.95 cloth. Diamond, Andrew J. (2009). Mean Streets: Chicago Youths and the Everyday Struggle for Empowerment in the Multiracial City, 1908—1969. Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. xvii, 396, maps, illustrations, notes, index, $60.00 cloth, $24.95 paper. Hagedorn, John M. (2008). A World of Gangs: Armed Young Men and Gangsta Culture. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota, pp. xxxii, 198, introductions, photos, tables, notes, index, $24.95 cloth, $18.95 paper. Umemoto, Karen. (2006). The Truce: Lessons from an L.A. Gang War. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, pp. xiv, 232, maps, figures, tables, illustrations, notes, references, index, $57.50 cloth, $18.95 paper