Under the Perfect Sun. The San Diego Tourists Never See

A muckraking history of San Diego that covers the city's historically recent shift from politically conservative to politically progressive while also outlining a new cast of right-wing villains and tenacious activists fighting for social justice. "Behind the luminous veneer of San Diego, there is also a powerful story of radical activism and resistance-vital inspiration for our times." -Angela Davis"A left-leaning, fascinating history of San Diego that debunks the notion of America's Finest City."?San Diego MagazineSan Diego is a sunny paradise for over thirty million tourists each year.
But America's eighth largest metropolis conceals a vast dark side of militarization, economic inequality, municipal corruption, and racial injustice. This updated and expanded edition of Under the Perfect Sun contains three muckraking essays that expose the underbelly of this city and interrogate its recent turn from red to blue. Mike Davis outlines the making and re-making of San Diego by a series of largely unchecked local plutocrats, from the snarling Republicans of old to what he calls "high tech .