This is an extraordinary treatment of a difficult problem.... Much more than a conventional comparative study, City of Walls is a genuinely transcultural, transnational work. - George Marcus, author of Ethnography Through Thick and Thin Caldeira's work is wonderfully ambitious - theoretically bold, ethnographically rich, historically specific. Anyone who cares about the condition and future of cities, of ... Read moredemocracy, of human rights, should read this book. - Thomas Bender, Director of the Project on Cities and Urban Knowledges City of Walls is a brilliant analysis of the dynamics of urban fear. The sophistication of Caldeira's arguments should stimulate new discussion of cities and urban life. Its significance goes far beyond the borders of Brazil. - Margaret Crawford, Harvard University Show Less