Book reviewed in this article:City of Quartz, Excavating the Future of Los Angeles, by Mike DavisA Nation in Denial: The Truth about Homelessness, by Alice S. Baum and Donald W. BurnesThe Suburban Racial Dilemma, by W. Dennis KeatingThe Hudnut Years in Indianapolis, 1976–1991, by William H. Hudnut, IIIThe Formation of American Local Governments: Private Values in Public Institutions, by Nancy BurnsThe Color of Welfare: How Racism Undermined the War on Poverty, by Jill QuandagnoHomestead: The Glory and Tragedy of an American Steel town, by William Serrin,Local Attachments: The Making of an American Union Neighborhood, 1850–1920, by Alexander von HoffmanThe Global Migration Crisis: Challenge to States and to Human Rights, by Myron We