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City of quartz : excavating the future in Los Angeles

Reconstructs Los Angeles's shadow history and dissects its ethereal economy. This work tells us who has the power and how they hold on to it. It gives us a city of Dickensian extremes, Pynchonesque conspiracies, and a desperation straight out of Nathaniel West.

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Hollywood (473)
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Llano (3)
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Orange (214)
San Bernardino (32)
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United States (64,950)

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Central Valley (290)
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Southern California (2,840)
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