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Record Nr.

UNISA996248017403316

Autore

Davis Mike <1946->

Titolo

City of quartz : excavating the future in Los Angeles / / Mike Davis ; photographs by Robert Morrow

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Verso, , 2006

ISBN

1-78168-430-8

1-84467-486-X

1-84467-568-8

9781844675685

Edizione

[New ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 462 p. ) : ill., map ;

Collana

The Haymarket series City of quartz

Disciplina

306/.09794/94

Soggetti

Real estate development - California - Los Angeles

Inner cities - California - Los Angeles

Crime - California - Los Angeles

Electronic books.

Los Angeles (Calif.) Social conditions

Los Angeles (Calif.) Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Prologue. The view from futures past -- 1. Sunshine or noir? -- 2. Power lines -- 3. Homegrown revolution -- 4. Fortress L.A. -- 5. The hammer and the rock -- 6. New confessions -- 7. Junkyard of dreams.

Sommario/riassunto

This new edition of Mike Davis's visionary work gives an update on Los Angeles as the city hits the 21st century.