Title Dead cities, and other tales / Mike Davis.

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Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	HT123 .D43 2002	Available	---

Description	viii, 432 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Preface : Flames of New York -- Part I : Neon west -- White people are only a bad dream ; Ecocide in Marlboro Country ; Berlin's skeleton in Utah's closet ; Las Vegas versus nature ; Tsunami memories -- Part II : Holy ghosts -- Pentecostal earthquake ; Hollywood's dark shadow ; Infinite game ; Subway that ate L.A. ; New industrial peonage -- Part III : Riot city -- As bad as the H-bomb ; Burning all illusions ; Who killed L.A.? A political autopsy ; Fear and loathing in Compton ; Dante's choice -- Part IV : Extreme science -- Cosmic dancers on history's stage? ; Dead cities : a natural history ; Strange times begin.
Subject	Cities and towns -- United States -- Case studies.
	Cities and towns.
	United States.
Genre/Form	Case studies.
Subject	Urban ecology (Sociology) -- United States -- Case studies.
	Urban ecology (Sociology)
	Urban policy -- United States -- Case studies.
	Urban policy.
	Social conflict -- United States -- Case studies.
	Social conflict.
	Disasters -- United States -- Case studies.
	Disasters.
	Nature -- Effect of human beings on.
	Nature -- Effect of human beings on.
Genre/Form	Case studies.
ISBN	1565847652 alkaline paper