ITEM OVERVIEW
A history of class and power in San Diego that debunks the sunshine myth for locals and visitors alike. This alternative civic history deconstructs the mythology of "America's finest city," exposing its true undergirdings of militarism, racism, and economic inequality. Acclaimed urban theorist Mike Davis documents the secret history of the domineering elites who have turned a weak city government into a powerful machine for private wealth. Jim Miller tells the story from the other side: chronicling the history of protest in San Diego from the Wobblies to today's "Globalphobics." Kelly Mahew presents the voices of paradise's forgotten working people and new immigrants. The texts are vividly enhanced by Fred Lonidier's photographs. Now in paperback, with a new afterword.
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