The extended prologue in the new edition isn't anything revolutionary, but Davis does update the recent history of Los Angeles.Obviously, I recommend this book, especially for anyone wanting a deeper intellectual, cultural, and social understanding of the major ideological undercurrents that make up the wonderful city of Los Angeles. Certainly whole books can be written on each of the major topical areas.Included in this new edition are some fabulous new photos, all by Robert Morrow. The book is extremely dense so prepare to spend several weeks, maybe even months to fully absorb the details.
He covers the early railroad and oil speculators, Otis and Harry Chandler, the development of Hollywood, Catholicism in LA, defense industrial production, postwar suburbanization, Kaiser steel, housing covenants, the Watts riots, large Japanese investments of the 80s, and more and more. When the original book was written, Davis correctly foreshadowed the Rodney King riots.Davis pulls no punches in his research. And while some may not appreciate the Marxist interpretations and the dialectical method which Davis uses, nevertheless, the depth of intellectual analysis is simply breathtaking. City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles: Mike Davis, Robert Morrow: 9780679738060: : Books Skip to main content. This text is quickly becoming a classic and belongs alongside the great urban sociological texts such as Jane Jacobs' "The Death and Life of Great American Cities."The history of the development of Los Angeles is really like no other story in America, and indeed the world. City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles Mike Davis, Robert Morrow on. Even Better Than The OriginalI recently re-read this updated edition of the classic "City of Quartz" by noted socialist scholar Mike Davis.
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