Geography

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  Glitter Stucco & Dumpster Diving

  by John Chase
  A free-wheeling guided tour to the cityscape of Southern California, grounding architecture as a multidisciplinary art.
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  Planet of Slums

  by Mike Davis
  The celebrated urban historian’s bestselling account of the global explosion of slums.

  6 posts

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  City of Quartz

  by Mike Davis
  This new edition of Mike Davis’s visionary work gives an update on Los Angeles as the city hits the 21st century.
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  Late Victorian Holocausts

  by Mike Davis
  “Eloquent and passionate, this is a veritable Black Book of liberal capitalism.”—Tariq Ali

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  The Limits to Capital

  by David Harvey
  A major rereading of Marx’s critique of political economy, newly updated.

  3 posts

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  Spaces of Global Capitalism

  by David Harvey
  An essential introduction to the field of historical geography.

  3 posts

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  The View from the Train

  by Patrick Keiller
  Essays by the iconic British filmmaker on the relationship between film, cities and landscape
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  The History of Forgetting

  by Norman M. Klein
  Analysis, photography and fiction combine in a bracing portrait of LA.

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  Uneven Development

  by Neil Smith
  Groundbreaking theory of uneven geographical development. 

  1 post

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  Postmodern Geographies

  by Edward W. Soja
  “One of the most challenging and stimulating books ever written.”—David Harvey

  2 posts