{"product_id":"city-of-quartz-excavating-the-future-in-los-angeles-paperback","title":"City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMike Davis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRobert Morrow\u003c\/b\u003e (Photographer)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis new edition of the visionary social history of Los Angeles is \"as central to the L.A. canon as anything that . . . Joan Didion wrote in the seventies\" \u003ci\u003e(New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNo metropolis has been more loved or more hated. To its official boosters, \"Los Angeles brings it all together.\" To detractors, L.A. is a sunlit mortuary where \"you can rot without feeling it.\" To Mike Davis, the author of this fiercely elegant and wide- ranging work of social history, Los Angeles is both utopia and dystopia, a place where the last Joshua trees are being plowed under to make room for model communities in the desert, where the rich have hired their own police to fend off street gangs, as well as armed Beirut militias. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eCity of Quartz\u003c\/i\u003e, Davis reconstructs L.A.'s shadow history and dissects its ethereal economy. He tells us who has the power and how they hold on to it. He gives us a city of Dickensian extremes, Pynchonesque conspiracies, and a desperation straight out of Nathaniel West--a city in which we may glimpse our own future mirrored with terrifying clarity. In this new edition, Davis provides a dazzling update on the city's current status.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMike Davis\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several books including \u003ci\u003eCity of Quartz\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Monster at Our Door\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBuda's Wagon\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePlanet of Slums\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship and the Lannan Literary Award. He lives in San Diego.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 512\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 17, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770120077600,"sku":"9781786635891","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4a39de2de467c713645c727351facde1.webp?v=1780364892","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/city-of-quartz-excavating-the-future-in-los-angeles-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}