About this title: No metropolis has been more loved or more hated. To its official boosters, "Los Angeles brings it all together." To detractors, LA 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 ...
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books USA
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780679738060ISBN:0679738061
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 480 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Very Good. 0679738061 Condition: VERY GOOD. (Book may have one or a combination of the following characteristics: former library book, cover wear, name written inside cover, light underlining/highlighting, remainder mark, etc. Overall, the book is in solid shape. This is a blanket description. Please email us if you require a specific, detailed description of the book condition. We will typically respond within one week of your request). read more
Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books USA
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780679738060ISBN:0679738061
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 480 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books USA
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780679738060ISBN:0679738061
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 480 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Very Good. 0679738061 21326 PB; spine smooth, text clean, cover has slight shelf wear-allow up to 21 business days for domestic USPS media m a i l. wt2lbpf. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books; Random House, New York
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780679738060ISBN:0679738061
Description: Morrow, Robert (Photographs by) Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. ix, 462 pp., illus., map, biblio., index; 22 cm. Good+. Gift inscription/half-title page, otherwise unmarked. Light handling/storage soil on edges. Another copy available. A brilliant dissertation on the dystopian sprawl that is LA. Recommended. "The hidden story of L.A. Mike Davis shows us where the city's money comes form and who controls it while also exposing the brutal ongoing struggle between L.A. 's haves and have-nots. / A ... read more
Edition: First edition. Illustrated.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books USA
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780679738060ISBN:0679738061
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Rubbing on edges, tiny surface tear top of back cover, slight curling, soil on edge & back cover, a few dents, else text clean, binding tight. 1st paperback printing. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 480 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1992-03-10
ISBN-13:9780679738060ISBN:0679738061
Description: Like New. Like new, lightly read copy. Overall clean and tight. Minor shelf wear. Pages slightly tanned. The sale price includes all applicable California state sales taxes. This only applies to orders shipped to California addresses. No tax is charged for sales to other states or countries. Delivery confirmation on all domestic orders. Fast Shipping. read more
Edition: First paperback edition
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books; Random House, New York
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780679738060ISBN:0679738061
Description: Morrow, Robert (Photographs by) Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. ix, 462 pp., illus., map, biblio., index; 22 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Light edgewear to wraps. "The hidden story of L.A. Mike Davis shows us where the city's money comes form and who controls it while also exposing the brutal ongoing struggle between L.A. 's haves and have-nots. / A former meatcutter and long-distance truck driver, Mike Davis has taught urban theory at the Southern California Institute of Architecture, ... read more
Edition: 6th printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books; Random House, New York
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780679738060ISBN:0679738061
Description: Morrow, Robert (Photographs by) Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. ix, 462 pp., illus., map, biblio., index; 22 cm. Tight, clean text. Moderate edgewear to wraps, with rubbed corners. Another copy available. A brilliant dissertation on the dystopian sprawl that is LA. Recommended. "The hidden story of L.A. Mike Davis shows us where the city's money comes form and who controls it while also exposing the brutal ongoing struggle between L.A. 's haves and have-nots. / A former meatcutter and long ... read more
"Written in typical Mike Davis fashion: informative and provocative, but lacking in systematic research. This is a potent picture of a "Neoliberal Nightmare" city, privatized LA where bum-proof benches, sprinklers, and police harassment keep the homeless off the streets reserved for well-healed consumers that simply want "bums" to be outta-sight-outta-mind. Not too much theoretical substance for building on this work, however. Though somewhat historic, this element does not always come through while reading."
"This is a hit-or-miss collection of muckraking essays about Los Angeles. I typically dig this kind of stuff, and three of the essays (about fear and racism in LA and the collapse of the steel industry in Fontana) are unforgettable. The remaining essays strike me as filler, though."
"Amazing decoding of oppressive infrastructure in L.A. Extremely dramatized, thick with conspiracy - but is never far from the truth about spatial control."
"Not sure how it holds up considering when it was first written but I liked the author's insights into LA and what it means to be a resident of that city. Few head scratchers but overall a good read."
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