by Mike Davis · Verso · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781859843826
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Late Victorian Holocausts examines the devastating famines that swept the world during the late Victorian era, exploring how El Niño climate phenomena, combined with economic and social policies, contributed to the creation of the Third World. The book analyzes the impact of these famines on human rights and social history, offering a critical perspective on world history from 1750 to 1900.
Michael Ryan Davis was an American writer, political activist, urban theorist, and historian based in Southern California. He was best known for his investigations of power and social class in works such as City of Quartz and Late Victorian Holocausts. His last two non-fiction books were 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.
