Late Victorian Holocausts: El Ni?o Famines and the Making of the Third World by

Description: Late Victorian Holocausts by Mike Davis Bestselling, magisterial melding of global environmental history and global political history FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Examining a series of El Niño-induced droughts and the famines that they spawned around the globe in the last third of the 19th century, Mike Davis discloses the intimate, baleful relationship between imperial arrogance and natural incident that combined to produce some of the worst tragedies in human history. Late Victorian Holocausts focuses on three zones of drought and subsequent famine: India, Northern China; and Northeastern Brazil. All were affected by the same global climatic factors that caused massive crop failures, and all experienced brutal famines that decimated local populations. But the effects of drought were magnified in each case because of singularly destructive policies promulgated by different ruling elites. Davis argues that the seeds of underdevelopment in what later became known as the Third World were sown in this era of High Imperialism, as the price for capitalist modernization was paid in the currency of millions of peasants lives. Notes 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. Author Biography Mike Davis is the author of many books including Planet of Slums, City of Quartz, Ecology of Fear, Late Victorian Holocausts, and Magical Urbanism. He was recently awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. Review Davis has given us a book of substantial contemporary relevance as well as great historical interest...this highly informative book foes well beyond its immediate focus. -- Amartya Sen * The New York Times *Daviss 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 DivergenceThe 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 FireDavis, 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 *Eloquent and passionate, this is a veritable Black Book of liberal capitalism. -- Tariq AliGenerations 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 fascinating-a monument to times past, but hopefully not a predictor of future disasters. * Foreign Affairs *Devastating. * San Francisco Chronicle * Promotional Bestselling, magisterial melding of global environmental history and global political history Review Quote "Wide ranging and compelling ... a remarkable achievement."- Times Literary Supplement "Devastating."- The San Francisco Chronicle "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 "Davis has given us a book of substantial contemporary relevance as well as great historical interest ... this highly informative book foes well beyond its immediate focus."-Amartya Sen, The New York Times "Daviss 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 inter-disciplinary 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 Promotional "Headline" Bestselling, magisterial melding of global environmental history and global political history Details ISBN1784786624 Author Mike Davis Short Title LATE VICTORIAN HOLOCAUSTS Language English ISBN-10 1784786624 ISBN-13 9781784786625 Media Book Format Paperback Pages 480 Imprint Verso Books Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 363.8091724 Year 2017 Publication Date 2017-01-17 Illustrations illustrations UK Release Date 2017-01-17 NZ Release Date 2017-01-17 Series The Essential Mike Davis Publisher Verso Books Subtitle El Niño Famines and the Making of the Third World Audience General AU Release Date 2017-02-21 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161556714;

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