Mike Davis
Born: 01-01-1946
Mike Davis was an American writer, historian, and urban theorist known for his critical analyses of urban environments and social issues. He was best known for his book "City of Quartz," which examines the complexities of Los Angeles. Davis's work often explored themes of class, power, and environmental challenges. A former MacArthur Fellow, he also contributed to various publications, bringing attention to societal inequalities and urban development.
Book summaries for books written by Mike Davis
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The new urban poverty, despite its daily violence and destitution, has become normalized and invisible in the global media.
Slums are the dark side of the 'global cities' celebrated by urban boosters.
The urban explosion in the Third World will have to be confronted not just as a social problem, but as an environmental catastrophe.
Slums are becoming a key battleground in the struggle to define the urban future.
The urban poor are the true proletariat of our time, the worst victims of economic globalization.
Slums are the visible manifestations of an invisible global apartheid.
The urban poor are the essential shock troops of neoliberal globalization.
The modern metropolis has become a vast breeding ground for the most dangerous diseases of civilization.
Slums are the expression of the historical betrayal of the urban promise.
The urban poor are the ultimate recyclers of the global economy's waste.
Slum-dwellers are the expendable foot soldiers of global capitalism.
The urban poor are the involuntary shock troops of the global economy.