Mike Davis

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born

in Fontana, California, The United States

January 01, 1946

gender

male

genre

Social Sciences, History, Science Fiction & Fantasy

influences

Lewis Mumford, Garrett Eckbo, Karl Marx, Leon Trotsky

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Social commentator, urban theorist, historian, and political activist. He is best known for his investigations of power and social class in his native Southern California.

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Mike Davis's Books

Average rating: 3.97 · 5,061 ratings · 647 reviews · 99 distinct works · Similar authors

	City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles 4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 1,468 ratings — published 1990 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Planet of Slums 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 958 ratings — published 2006 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster 4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 647 ratings — published 1998 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Late Victorian Holocausts: El Niño Famines and the Making of the Third World 4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 342 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Magical Urbanism: Latinos Reinvent the US City by Mike Davis, Roman De LA Campa (Foreword by) 3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 219 ratings — published 2000 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dead Cities: And Other Tales 4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 172 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Buda's Wagon: A Brief History of the Car Bomb 3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 174 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Praise of Barbarians: Essays against Empire 3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prisoners of the American Dream: Politics & Economy in the History of the U. S. Working Class 4.23 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1986 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Monster at Our Door: The Global Threat of Avian Flu 3.28 of 5 stars 3.28 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The car bomb is the poor man’s air force.”
― Mike Davis

tags: freedom-fighter, guerilla, resistance, tactics, terrorism

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