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City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles

by Mike Davis

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Publisher Comments:

To its official boosters, "Los Angeles brings it all together." To its detractors, it is "The Big Nowhere." No one has better captured L.A.'s bizarre role as both utopia and dystopia than Davis, the author of this mordantly elegant and wide-ranging work of social criticism and prophecy which was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award.

Review:

"This pugnacious book reclaims what, until now, has been an invisible city, obscured by its screen....Davis may not break new ground, but his dogged evidence certainly shatters illusions." Peter Jukes, New Statesman & Society

Review:

"A visionary rant about a secret meeting of Los Angeles...absolutely fascinating. It's more cyberpunk than any work of fiction could ever be." William Gibson

Review:

"[Davis's] strength as a writer...is his capacity to evoke Los Angeles as a real place with a rich concrete history and a vivid, recognizable everyday life, and a system of public transit to the urban sublime." Marshall Berman, The Nation

Review:

"[Davis's] analysis of recent Los Angeles history is often chilling and — sad to say — more true than false....[An] important and necessary work. Recommended." Library Journal

Review:

"Few books shed as much light on their subjects as this opionated and original excavation of Los Angeles from the mythical debris of its past and future." The San Francisco Examiner

Review:

"An extraordinary book — tumultuous and brilliant." Jonathan Kozol

Synopsis:

The hidden story of L.A. Mike davis shows us where the city's money comes from and who controls it, while also exposing the brutal ongoing struggle between L.A.'s haves and have-nots.

Description:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9780679738060

Subtitle:

Excavating the Future in Los Angeles

Author:

Davis, Mike

Publisher:

Vintage

Location:

New York :

Subject:

Anthropology - Cultural

Subject:

Sociology - Urban

Subject:

Los angeles (calif.)

Subject:

Social conditions

Subject:

Los angeles

Subject:

Los Angeles (Calif.) Social conditions.

Copyright:

1992

Edition Number:

Reprint ed.

Edition Description:

Trade paper

Series:

Vintage

Publication Date:

March 1992

Binding:

Paperback

Grade Level:

General/trade

Language:

English

Illustrations:

Y

Pages:

480

Dimensions:

8.35x4.95x.99 in. .98 lbs.

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Product details 480 pages Vintage Books USA - 2012-03-23 English 9780679738060 Reviews:

"Review" by Peter Jukes, New Statesman & Society, "This pugnacious book reclaims what, until now, has been an invisible city, obscured by its screen....Davis may not break new ground, but his dogged evidence certainly shatters illusions."

"Review" by William Gibson, "A visionary rant about a secret meeting of Los Angeles...absolutely fascinating. It's more cyberpunk than any work of fiction could ever be."

"Review" by Marshall Berman, The Nation, "[Davis's] strength as a writer...is his capacity to evoke Los Angeles as a real place with a rich concrete history and a vivid, recognizable everyday life, and a system of public transit to the urban sublime."

"Review" by Library Journal, "[Davis's] analysis of recent Los Angeles history is often chilling and — sad to say — more true than false....[An] important and necessary work. Recommended."

"Review" by The San Francisco Examiner, "Few books shed as much light on their subjects as this opionated and original excavation of Los Angeles from the mythical debris of its past and future."

"Review" by Jonathan Kozol, "An extraordinary book — tumultuous and brilliant."

"Synopsis" by chrisb@powells.com, The hidden story of L.A. Mike davis shows us where the city's money comes from and who controls it, while also exposing the brutal ongoing struggle between L.A.'s haves and have-nots.