Late Victorian Holocausts: El Niño Famines and the Making of the Third World Paperback – Illustrated, 17 January 2017

"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 "Davis's 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

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.