Late Victorian Holocausts

El Niño Famines and the Making of the Third World

Mike Davis

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English

Verso
22 February 2017

History; Social & cultural history; Famine; Political control & freedoms; Meteorology & climatology

Series: The Essential Mike Davis

Examining a series of El Niño-induced droughts and the famines that they spawned around the globe in the last third of the 19th century, Mike Davis discloses the intimate, baleful relationship between imperial arrogance and natural incident that combined to produce some of the worst tragedies in human history. Late Victorian Holocausts focuses on three zones of drought and subsequent famine: India, Northern China; and Northeastern Brazil. All were affected by the same global climatic factors that caused massive crop failures, and all experienced brutal famines that decimated local populations. But the effects of drought were magnified in each case because of singularly destructive policies promulgated by different ruling elites. Davis argues that the seeds of underdevelopment in what later became known as the Third World were sown in this era of High Imperialism, as the price for capitalist modernization was paid in the currency of millions of peasants' lives.

By: Mike Davis
Imprint: Verso
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 508g
ISBN: 9781784786625
ISBN 10: 1784786624
Series: The Essential Mike Davis
Pages: 480
Publication Date: 22 February 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Reviews for Late Victorian Holocausts: El Niño Famines and the Making of the Third World

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