Dead Cities

Preface: The Flames of New York 1

PART I NEON WEST 21

1 'White People Are Only a Bad Dream ...' 23

2 Ecocide in Marlboro Country 33

3 Berlin's Skeleton in Utah's Closet 65

4 Las Vegas Versus Nature 85

5 Tsunami Memories 107



PART II HOLY GHOSTS 117

6 Pentecostal Earthquake 119

7 Hollywood's Dark Shadow 127

8 The Infi nite Game 143

9 The Subway That Ate L.A. 183

10 The New Industrial Peonage 191

PART III RIOT CITY 205

11 'As Bad as the H-Bomb' 207

12 Burning All Illusions 227

13 Who Killed L.A.?: A Political Autopsy 239

vi i i DEAD CITIES AND OTHER TALES

14 Fear and Loathing in Compton 275

15 Dante's Choice 285

PART IV EXTREME SCIENCE 305

16 Cosmic Dancers on History's Stage? 307

17 Dead Cities: A Natural History 361

18 Strange Times Begin 401

Acknowledgments 419

Index

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• Aquecimento global
• Geografia humana
• Comunidades urbanas

ecology; deindustrialization; Los Angeles; class struggle; Urban geography; ruins; 9/11; dystopia; Las Vegas; urban ecology; urban decay; Mike Davis