indust rial ization ▁and ▁decay . ▁ ▁The ▁ 2 nd ▁edition ▁of ▁the ▁book , ▁published ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁contains ▁a ▁new ▁pre face ▁detail ing ▁changes ▁in ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁since ▁the ▁work ▁was ▁written ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 8 0 s . ▁ ▁Crit ical ▁reception ▁ ▁The ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁Times ▁architecture ▁critic , ▁Christopher ▁Haw th or ne , ▁critic ized ▁City ▁of ▁Quart z ▁for ▁its ▁" dark ▁general ization ▁and ▁kne e - j erk ▁far - left ism ," ▁but ▁concluded ▁that ▁the ▁book ▁" is ▁without ▁question ▁the ▁most ▁significant ▁book ▁on ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁urban ism ▁to ▁appear ▁since ▁Reyn er ▁Ban ham ' s ▁Los ▁Angeles : ▁The ▁Architecture ▁of ▁Four ▁E colog ies ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 1 ." ▁ ▁He ▁ranked ▁it ▁" one ▁of ▁the ▁three ▁most ▁important ▁treat ments ▁of ▁that ▁subject ▁ever ▁written , ▁joining ▁Four ▁E colog ies ▁and ▁Care y ▁Mc Will iams ' ▁ 1 9 4 6 ▁book ▁Southern ▁California : ▁An ▁Island ▁on ▁the ▁Land ". ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁Boston ▁Review , ▁Mark ▁Ha ef ele ▁called ▁the ▁book ▁" a ▁black ▁hole ▁of ▁South land ▁no ir ," ▁but ▁also ▁wrote , ▁" What ' s ▁brilliant ▁about ▁Davis ' s ▁book ▁is ▁his ▁per ception ▁of ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁as ▁in car cer ation , ▁its ▁new ▁pr isons ▁a ▁major ▁industry ... ▁He ' s ▁right ▁that ▁a ▁broad ▁landscape ▁of ▁the ▁city ▁is