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Ecology of Fear Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster

Davis Mike
Heftet / 2022 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781786636249
Publisert
2022-02-15
Utgiver
Vendor
Verso Books
Vekt
390 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
31 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
496

Forfatter
Davis Mike

Biographical note

Mike Davis, it has been said, "holds the keys to understanding the city of Los Angeles and much else" (Lingua Franca). A former meat cutter and truck driver, as well as a recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship and the Lannan Literary Award, his many books include several on cities, politics, and ecology, and a classic trilogy on the history of Los Angeles: City of Quartz, Set the Night on Fire, and Ecology of Fear.

Ecology of Fear Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster

Davis Mike
Heftet / 2022 / Engelsk
Davis Mike
Heftet / 2022 / Engelsk
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Graced with a bold political and environmental vision, much splendid phrasemaking and a multitude of facts...A truly eccentric contribution.

New York Times Book Review

Counterpointing Los Angeles's central role in America's fantasy life - the city has been destroyed no less than 138 times in novels and films since 1909 - with its wanton denial of its own real history, Mike Davis creates a revelatory kaleidoscope of American fact, imagery, and sensibility. Drawing upon a vast array of sources, Ecology of Fear meticulously captures the nation's violent malaise and desperate social unease in an era of climate change and social change. With savagely entertaining wit and compassionate rage, this book conducts a devastating reconnaissance of our all-too-likely urban future.With a new 2021 afterword taking stock of LA's 21st century.
Les mer
Earthquakes. Wildfires. Floods. Drought. Tornadoes. Snakes in the sea, mountain lions, and a plague of bees.
The classic book on LA as locus of ecological destruction--in culture and in reality
Authoritative historian of California and climate change: Author is sought out for comment with each ecological development in California: annual wildfires, earthquakes, floods

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Graced with a bold political and environmental vision, much splendid phrasemaking and a multitude of facts...A truly eccentric contribution.

New York Times Book Review

Counterpointing Los Angeles's central role in America's fantasy life - the city has been destroyed no less than 138 times in novels and films since 1909 - with its wanton denial of its own real history, Mike Davis creates a revelatory kaleidoscope of American fact, imagery, and sensibility. Drawing upon a vast array of sources, Ecology of Fear meticulously captures the nation's violent malaise and desperate social unease in an era of climate change and social change. With savagely entertaining wit and compassionate rage, this book conducts a devastating reconnaissance of our all-too-likely urban future.With a new 2021 afterword taking stock of LA's 21st century.
Les mer
Earthquakes. Wildfires. Floods. Drought. Tornadoes. Snakes in the sea, mountain lions, and a plague of bees.
The classic book on LA as locus of ecological destruction--in culture and in reality
Authoritative historian of California and climate change: Author is sought out for comment with each ecological development in California: annual wildfires, earthquakes, floods

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781786636249
Publisert
2022-02-15
Utgiver
Vendor
Verso Books
Vekt
390 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
31 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
496

Forfatter
Davis Mike

Biographical note

Mike Davis, it has been said, "holds the keys to understanding the city of Los Angeles and much else" (Lingua Franca). A former meat cutter and truck driver, as well as a recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship and the Lannan Literary Award, his many books include several on cities, politics, and ecology, and a classic trilogy on the history of Los Angeles: City of Quartz, Set the Night on Fire, and Ecology of Fear.

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