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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.
Glitter Stucco & Dumpster Diving

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

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

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

The Limits to Capital

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

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

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

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

Uneven Development

by Neil Smith
Groundbreaking theory of uneven geographical development.
1 post
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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