Dead cities: and other tales

Preface : Flames of New York

Part I : Neon west

White people are only a bad dream ; Ecocide in Marlboro Country ; Berlin's skeleton in Utah's closet ; Las Vegas versus nature ; Tsunami memories

Part II : Holy ghosts

Pentecostal earthquake ; Hollywood's dark shadow ; Infinite game ; Subway that ate L.A. ; New industrial peonage

Part III : Riot city

As bad as the H-bomb ; Burning all illusions ; Who killed L.A.? A political autopsy ; Fear and loathing in Compton ; Dante's choice

Part IV : Extreme science

Cosmic dancers on history's stage? ; Dead cities : a natural history ; Strange times begin.