Late Victorian Holocausts

Zusatztext Davis has given us a book of substantial contemporary relevance as well as great historical interest this highly informative book goes well beyond its immediate focus. Amartya Sen! 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 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 fascinatinga monument to times past! but hopefully not a predictor of future disasters. Foreign Affairs Devastating. San Francisco Chronicle Informationen zum Autor Mike Davis, illustrated by AP Klappentext A new edition of the book which melds global environmental history and global political history, to examine a series of El-Nino-induced droughts and the famines they spawned in the 19th century. Zusammenfassung Bestselling! magisterial melding of global environmental history and global political history ...

Autorentext
Mike Davis (1946-2022) was a writer, political activist, urban theorist, and historian. He is best known for his investigations of power and class in works such as City of Quartz, Late Victorian Holocausts, and Planet of Slums. His last two non-fiction books are Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties, co-authored by Jon Wiener, and The Monster Enters: COVID-19, Avian Flu, and the Plagues of Capitalism. He was the recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship and the Lannan Literary Award.

Klappentext
A new edition of the book which melds global environmental history and global political history, to examine a series of El-Nino-induced droughts and the famines they spawned in the 19th century.


Zusammenfassung
Bestselling, magisterial melding of global environmental history and global political history

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