In Praise of Barbarians
Essays against Empire
The author of City of Quartz and Planet of Slums attacks the current fashion for empires and white men's burdens in this blistering collection of radical essays. He skewers contemporary idols such as Mel Gibson, Niall Ferguson, and Howard Dean; unlocks some secret doors in the Pentagon and the California prison system; visits Star Wars in the Arctic and vigilantes on the border; predicts ethnic cleansing in New Orleans more than a year before Katrina; recalls the anarchist avengers of the 1890s and teeny-bopper riots on the Sunset Strip in the 1960s; discusses the moral bankruptcy of the Democrats in Kansas and West Virginia; remembers Privat…
Mehr
CHF 17.40
Preise inkl. MwSt. und Versandkosten (Portofrei ab CHF 40.00)
Versandkostenfrei
Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-60846-001-4
- EAN: 9781608460014
- Produktnummer: 22592630
- Verlag: Haymarket Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 344 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 436 KB
Über den Autor
Writer, historian, and activist Mike Davis is the author many books, including City of Quartz, The Ecology of Fear, The Monster at Our Door, and Planet of Slums. Davis teaches in the Department of History at the University of California at Irvine, and lives in San Diego.
95 weitere Werke von Mike Davis:
Knight's Microsoft Business Intelligence 24-Hour Trainer
Essays against Empire
Essays against Empire
Ebook (PDF Format)
CHF 29.00
Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Integration Services
Essays against Empire
Essays against Empire
Ebook (PDF Format)
CHF 33.00
Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Integration Services
Essays against Empire
Essays against Empire
Ebook (EPUB Format)
CHF 33.00
Knight's Microsoft Business Intelligence 24-Hour Trainer
Essays against Empire
Essays against Empire
Ebook (EPUB Format)
CHF 29.00
Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Integration Services
Essays against Empire
Essays against Empire
Ebook (PDF Format)
CHF 35.00
Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America
Essays against Empire
Essays against Empire
Ebook (EPUB Format)
CHF 32.25
Pocket Guide to Teaching for Clinical Instructors
Essays against Empire
Essays against Empire
Ebook (EPUB Format)
CHF 24.00
Knight's Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Integration Services 24-Hour Trainer
Essays against Empire
Essays against Empire
Ebook (EPUB Format)
CHF 36.00
Knight's Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Integration Services 24-Hour Trainer
Essays against Empire
Essays against Empire
Ebook (PDF Format)
CHF 33.00
Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Integration Services
Essays against Empire
Essays against Empire
Ebook (EPUB Format)
CHF 35.00
Pocket Guide to Teaching for Clinical Instructors
Essays against Empire
Essays against Empire
Ebook (PDF Format)
CHF 24.00
Bewertungen
Anmelden