Mike Davis

The Monster Enters

Covid-19, Avian Flu, and the Plagues of Capitalism

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Produktbeschreibung

A new edition of a classic book on viral catastrophes--the Spanish flu, the Avian flu, and now, Covid-19

Produktdetails

• The Essential Mike Davis
• Verlag: Durnell Marston / Verso US
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 8522
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 182g
• ISBN-13: 9781839765650
• ISBN-10: 1839765658
• Artikelnr.: 62024148

Autorenporträt

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.

Rezensionen

Mike Davis's The Monster at our Door...gives me everything that the news cycle doesn't: a sense of the interconnected forces and the history that set us up for what we're experiencing. Molly Dektar Vogue