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Mike Davis

Mike Davis (born 1946) is an American writer, political activist, urban theorist, and historian. He is best known for his investigations of power and social class in his native Southern California.

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American writer, urban theorist, political activist, and historian from Southern California (1946–2022)

Born	1946
Died	2022

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City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles

by Mike Davis
First published in 1990
14 editions, 3 ebooks
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Planet of Slums

by Mike Davis, Mike Davis, and José María Amoroto Salido
First published in 2006
9 editions, 3 ebooks
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No one is illegal: fighting violence and state repression on the U.S.-Mexico border

by Justin Akers Chacon, Mike Davis, and Mike Davis
First published in 2006
7 editions, 2 ebooks
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Ecology of fear: Los Angeles and the imagination of disaster

by Mike Davis
First published in 1998
6 editions, 2 ebooks

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BUDA'S WAGON: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CAR BOMB.

by Mike Davis and Mike Davis First published in 2007
6 editions, 1 ebook
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Magical urbanism: Latinos reinvent the US city

by Mike Davis and Mike Davis
First published in 2000
5 editions, 2 ebooks
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Prisoners of the American dream: politics and economy in the history of the U.S. working class

by Mike Davis First published in 1986
5 editions, 1 ebook

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Late Victorian holocausts: El Niño famines and the making of the third world

by Mike Davis
First published in 2001
5 editions, 3 ebooks
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The grit beneath the glitter: tales from the real Las Vegas

by Mike Davis, Rothman, Hal, Hal Rothman, and Mike Davis First published in 2002
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The monster at our door: the global threat of avian flu

by Mike Davis First published in 2005
4 editions, 1 ebook

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Fire in the hearth: the radical politics of place in America

by Mike Davis First published in 1990
3 editions, 1 ebook
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In Praise of Barbarians: Essays Against Empire

by Mike Davis and Mike Davis First published in 2007
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The Year Left: An American Socialist Yearbook, 1985

by Mike Davis and Fred Pfeil First published in 1985
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Reshaping the US left: popular struggles in the 1980s

by Mike Davis and Michael Sprinker First published in 1988
3 editions, 1 ebook
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Feelings Always Local

by Andrew E. Benjamin, Joke Brouwer, Arjun Appadurai, Mike Davis, Alexander Galloway, Tijs Goldschmidt, Christopher Kelty, Karim Nader, Loretta Napoleoni, and 3 others First published in 2004
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Ballet in camera.

by Mike Davis First published in 1959
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Dead Cities: And Other Tales

by Mike Davis First published in 2002
2 editions, 1 ebook
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Toward a rainbow socialism: essays on race, ethnicity, class and gender

by Mike Davis First published in 1987
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Basic Beats for the Working Drummer

by Mike Davis First published in 1983
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Recent pasts: art in Southern California from the 90s to now

by John C. Welchman, Dennis Cooper, Brian Butler, Connie Butler, Mike Davis, Dave Muller, Frances Stark, and Diana Thater First published in 2005
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American writer, urban theorist, political activist, and historian from Southern California (1946–2022)

Born	1946
Died	2022

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OLID: OL2077751A
GoodReads: 5289
ISNI: 0000000122380057
IMDb: nm0205189
Library of Congress Names: n86144570
MusicBrainz: dee849a9-1c1b-4c51-a35d-b3e673d45a95
SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): VEAV028335
VIAF: 95712131
Wikidata: Q1933136
Inventaire.io: wd:Q1933136

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