Ecology of fear : Los Angeles and the imagination of disaster / Mike Davis.

Main entry:

Davis, Mike, 1946-2022.

Title & Author:

Ecology of fear : Los Angeles and the imagination of disaster / Mike Davis.

Edition:

1st Vintage books ed.

Publication:

New York : Vintage Books, 1999.

Description:

484 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm

Notes:
Originally published: New York : Metropolitan Books, 1998.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The dialectic of ordinary disaster -- 2. How Eden lost its garden -- 3. The case for letting Malibu burn-- 4. Our secret Kansas -- 5. Maneaters of the Sierra Madre -- 6. The literary destruction of Los Angeles -- 7. Beyond Blade runner -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Illustration acknowledgments -- Index.

Summary:

A glimpse into the history of disaster in Los Angeles--both natural and man-made, real and fictional--documents the danger created by forces of nature, greed, and politics.

Resources:
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Publisher description

ISBN:

0375706070
9780375706073

Subject:

Social problems California Los Angeles.
Disasters California Los Angeles.
Problèmes sociaux Californie Los Angeles.
Catastrophes Californie Los Angeles.
Disasters.
Ecology.
Social conditions
Social problems.
Los Angeles (Calif.) Social conditions.
Los Angeles (Calif.) Environmental conditions.
California Los Angeles.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 204672
Call No.: HN80.L7 D385 1999
Status: Available

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