by Mike Davis · Pimlico · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780712666237
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City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles is a deep analysis of the city of Los Angeles, exploring themes of power, inequality, and urban development. Mike Davis examines the history of the city, revealing the social, economic, and political forces that have shaped its landscape and society. Through exhaustive research and a captivating narrative, the author offers a critical vision of Los Angeles, highlighting both its positive aspects and its contradictions and challenges.
Michael Ryan Davis was an American writer, political activist, urban theorist, and historian based in Southern California. He was best known for his investigations of power and social class in works such as City of Quartz and Late Victorian Holocausts. His last two non-fiction books were Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties, co-authored by Jon Wiener, and The Monster Enters: COVID-19, Avian Flu, and the Plagues of Capitalism.
