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Mike Davis

1946 - 2022

Mike Davis (born 1946) is an American writer, political activist, urban theorist, and historian. He is best known for his investigations of power and social class in his native Southern California.

Source: Mike Davis on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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  • Cover of: City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles

    First published in 1990 14 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition cityofquartzexca00davi Cover of edition cityofquartzexca0000davi Cover of edition cityquartzexcava00davi
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  • Cover of: Planet of Slums

    First published in 2006 8 editions in 2 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition ilpianetadeglisl00davi Cover of edition planetslums00davi_118
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  • Cover of: No one is illegal: fighting violence and state repression on the U.S.-Mexico border

    First published in 2006 7 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition nooneisillegalfi0000aker
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  • Cover of: BUDA'S WAGON: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CAR BOMB.

    First published in 2007 6 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Ecology of fear: Los Angeles and the imagination of disaster

    First published in 1998 6 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition ecologyoffearlos0000davi
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  • Cover of: Late Victorian Holocausts: El Nino Famines and the Making of the Third World

    First published in 2001 5 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition latevictorianhol00dav_wbr Cover of edition latevictorianhol00davi_311
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  • Cover of: Prisoners of the American dream: politics and economy in the history of the U.S. working class

    First published in 1986 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The monster at our door: the global threat of avian flu

    First published in 2005 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Reshaping the US left: popular struggles in the 1980s

    First published in 1988 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Year Left: An American Socialist Yearbook, 1985

    First published in 1985 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: In Praise of Barbarians: Essays Against Empire

    First published in 2007 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Fire in the hearth: the radical politics of place in America

    First published in 1990 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The grit beneath the glitter: tales from the real Las Vegas

    First published in 2002 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Feelings Always Local

    First published in 2004 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Recent pasts: art in Southern California from the 90s to now

    First published in 2005 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Beyond Blade runner: urban control : the ecology of fear

    First published in 1992 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Evil Paradises: Dreamworlds of NeoLiberalism

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  • Cover of: 9 to 5 beats ten to life: how to (re)enter society

    First published in 1995 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Sunshine & Noir

    First published in 1997 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Dead Cities: And Other Tales

    First published in 2002 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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Photo of Mike Davis
Subjects
History, Social conditions, Politics and government, Art, Art & Art Instruction, Cities and towns, City and town life, Inner cities, Los Angeles, Los angeles (calif.), history, Social classes, USA, Urban Sociology, American - General, American Art, Art / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions, California, Case studies, Civilization, Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General, Crime, Disasters, Economic conditions, English, Ethnicity
Places
United States, California, Los Angeles (Calif.), Los Angeles, Brazil, Canada, China, Cities, Denmark, Detroit, Detroit (Mich.), Greenland, India, Las Vegas (Nev.), Los Angeles (Calif., Motiv), Mexican-American Border Region, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Political culture, San Diego, San Diego (Calif.), Southern California, USA
People
Karl Marx (1818-1883), Mike Davis (1946-)
Time
20th century, 1980-, 1981-1989, 21st century, 1970-, 1975-, 1989-, 1990-, 19th century, 2001-

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March 1, 2024 Edited by holdee merge authors
January 12, 2023 Edited by raybb Edited without comment.
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
October 22, 2017 Edited by dcapillae Add bio
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import