Ecology of fear
Los Angeles and the imagination of disaster
by Mike Davis
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In this book, Mike Davis unravels the secret political history of disaster, real and imaginary, in Southern California. As he surveys the earthquakes of Santa Monica, the burning of Koreatown, the invasion of "man-eating" mountain lions, the movie Volcano, and even Los Angeles's underrated tornado problem, he exposes the deep complicity between social injustice and perceptions of natural disorder.
Arguing that paranoia about nature obscures the fact that Los Angeles has deliberately put itself in harm's way, Davis reveals how market-driven urbanization has for generations transgressed against environmental common sense. And he shows that the floods, fires, and earthquakes reaped by the city were tragedies as avoidable - and unnatural - as the beating of Rodney King and the ensuing explosion in the streets.
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Social conditions, Environmental conditions, Social problems, Disasters, New York Times reviewed, Los angeles (calif.), social conditions, Riots, california, los angeles, Earthquakes, Natural disasters, Stadtforschung, Literatur, Environment, Katastrophe, Überschwemmungsgefahr, History, Risikomanagement, Verstädterung, Ecology, Stadtplanung, Milieurampen, Flächenbrand, Feuerökologie, Erdbebengefahr, Los Angeles, Slum, Social sciences, Disasters & disaster reliefShowing 6 featured editions. View all 6 editions?
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Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster
2018, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster
2014, Holt & Company, Henry
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Ecology of fear: Los Angeles and the imagination of disaster
1999, Vintage Books
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Ecology of fear: Los Angeles and the imagination of disaster
1999, Picador
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Ecology of fear: Los Angeles and the imagination of disaster
1998, Metropolitan Books
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [423]-461) and index.
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Los Angeles has become a magnet for the American apocalyptic imagination, with many disasters - both real and those created by Hollywood movies - in recent years. This book examines the history of disaster - both real and imagined - in LA.
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