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Mike Davis (1) [1946–2022]

This page covers the author of City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles.

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Mike Davis is the author of many books, including City of Quartz, The Monster at Our Door, Buda's Wagon, and Planet of Slums. He is the recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship and the Lannan Literary Award. He lives in San Diego. — biography from Planet of Slums
Planet of Slums 817 copies, 22 reviews
Late Victorian Holocausts (Author) 607 copies, 6 reviews
Dead Cities: And Other Tales 233 copies, 3 reviews
Evil Paradises: Dreamworlds of Neoliberalism (Editor; Contributor) 116 copies, 1 review
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