Planet of Slums - Couverture souple

Davis, Mike

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1784786616 ISBN 13 : 9781784786618

Editeur : Verso Books, 2017

Synopsis

According to the United Nations, more than one billion people now live in the slums of the cities of the South. In this brilliant and ambitious book, Mike Davis explores the future of a radically unequal and explosively unstable urban world. From the sprawling barricadas of Lima to the garbage hills of Manila, urbanization has been disconnected from industrialization, and even from economic growth. Davis portrays a vast humanity warehoused in shantytowns and exiled from the formal world economy. He argues that the rise of this informal urban proletariat is a wholly unforeseen development, and asks whether the great slums, as a terrified Victorian middle class once imagined, are volcanoes waiting to erupt.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Mike Davis was a meat cutter and truck driver, as well as an activist for Students for a Democratic Society before starting his academic career. He is a recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship Award and the Lannan Literary Award. His many books on history and the city, including the bestselling City of Quartz, have been critically acclaimed across the world.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Verso Books
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1784786616
• ISBN 13: 9781784786618
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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