On Tue, September 9, 1997 at 11:10:59 (-0700) Sid Shniad writes: >As a refugee from my native Los Angeles, I strongly recommend City of >Quartz to any Penners who want a very insightful analysis of the history >and politics of L.A. I learned more from reading the book than I knew >from having been raised there. In my haste last night to prepare my wife's dinner (she's been working late on a suit for the city of Austin against Shell and Mobil) I forgot to mention that Davis is a contributor to the Radical Urban Theory site, at http://www.exuberance.com/rut/. I too, am a native of the LA area and learned a great deal just leafing through Davis's book. Bill
