Late Victorian Holocausts by Mike Davis
Bestselling, magisterial melding of global environmental history and global political history
Davis has given us a book of substantial contemporary relevance as well as great historical interest..this highly informative book foes well beyond its immediate focus. -- Amartya Sen * The New York Times *
Davis's range is stunning...He combines political economy, meteorology, and ecology with vivid narratives to create a book that is both a gripping read and a major conceptual achievement. Lots of us talk about writing 'world history' and 'interdisciplinary history': here is the genuine article. -- Kenneth Pomeranz, author of The Great Divergence
The global climate meets a globalizing political economy, the fundamentals of one clashing with the fundamentalisms of the other. Mike Davis tells the story with zest, anger, and insight. -- Stephen J. Pyne, author of World Fire
Davis, a brilliant maverick scholar, sets the triumph of the late-nineteenth-century Western imperialism in the context of catastrophic El Niño weather patterns at that time ... This is groundbreaking, mind-stretching stuff. * Independent *
Late Victorian Holocausts will redefine the way we think about the European colonial project. After reading this, I defy even the most ardent nationalist to feel proud of the so-called 'achievements' of empire. * Observer *
Devastating. * San Francisco Chronicle *
Eloquent and passionate, this is a veritable Black Book of liberal capitalism. -- Tariq Ali
Generations of historians largely ignored the implications [of the great famines of the late nineteenth century] and until recently dismissed them as 'climatic accidents'...Late Victorian Holocausts proves them wrong. * Los Angeles Times (Best Books of 2001) *
Wide ranging and compelling...a remarkable achievement. * Times Literary Supplement *
A masterly account of climatic, economic and colonial history. * New Scientist *
A hero of the Left, Davis is part polemicist, part historian, and all Marxist. -- Dale Peck * Village Voice *
The catalogue of cruelty Davis has unearthed is jaw-dropping . Late Victorian Holocausts is as ugly as it is compelling. -- Sukhdev Sandhu * Guardian *
Controversial, comprehensive, and compelling, this book is megahistory at its most fascinating-a monument to times past, but hopefully not a predictor of future disasters. * Foreign Affairs *
Devastating. * San Francisco Chronicle *
Davis's range is stunning...He combines political economy, meteorology, and ecology with vivid narratives to create a book that is both a gripping read and a major conceptual achievement. Lots of us talk about writing 'world history' and 'interdisciplinary history': here is the genuine article. -- Kenneth Pomeranz, author of The Great Divergence
The global climate meets a globalizing political economy, the fundamentals of one clashing with the fundamentalisms of the other. Mike Davis tells the story with zest, anger, and insight. -- Stephen J. Pyne, author of World Fire
Davis, a brilliant maverick scholar, sets the triumph of the late-nineteenth-century Western imperialism in the context of catastrophic El Niño weather patterns at that time ... This is groundbreaking, mind-stretching stuff. * Independent *
Late Victorian Holocausts will redefine the way we think about the European colonial project. After reading this, I defy even the most ardent nationalist to feel proud of the so-called 'achievements' of empire. * Observer *
Devastating. * San Francisco Chronicle *
Eloquent and passionate, this is a veritable Black Book of liberal capitalism. -- Tariq Ali
Generations of historians largely ignored the implications [of the great famines of the late nineteenth century] and until recently dismissed them as 'climatic accidents'...Late Victorian Holocausts proves them wrong. * Los Angeles Times (Best Books of 2001) *
Wide ranging and compelling...a remarkable achievement. * Times Literary Supplement *
A masterly account of climatic, economic and colonial history. * New Scientist *
A hero of the Left, Davis is part polemicist, part historian, and all Marxist. -- Dale Peck * Village Voice *
The catalogue of cruelty Davis has unearthed is jaw-dropping . Late Victorian Holocausts is as ugly as it is compelling. -- Sukhdev Sandhu * Guardian *
Controversial, comprehensive, and compelling, this book is megahistory at its most fascinating-a monument to times past, but hopefully not a predictor of future disasters. * Foreign Affairs *
Devastating. * San Francisco Chronicle *
Mike Davis is the author of many books including Planet of Slums, City of Quartz, Ecology of Fear, Late Victorian Holocausts, and Magical Urbanism. He was recently awarded a MacArthur Fellowship.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781784786625 |
| ISBN 10 | 1784786624 |
| Title | Late Victorian Holocausts |
| Author | Mike Davis |
| Series | The Essential Mike Davis |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Verso Books |
| Year published | 2017-01-17 |
| Number of pages | 480 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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