City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles

ISBN-13: 9781786635891 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 512 str.

Mike Davis

Opis

In City of Quartz, Davis reconstructs LA's shadow history and dissects its ethereal economy.

Recenzje

"Absolutely fascinating."
-William Gibson

"A history as fascinating as it is instructive."
-Peter Ackroyd, Times

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

O autorze

Mike Davis is the author of several books including Planet of Slums, City of Quartz, Ecology of Fear, Late Victorian Holocausts, and Magical Urbanism. He was recently awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. He lives in Papa'aloa, Hawaii.