"Graced with a bold political and environmental vision, much splendid phrasemaking and a multitude of facts. . . . A truly eccentric contribution."--The New York Times Book Review
Earthquakes. Wildfires. Floods. Drought. Tornadoes. Snakes in the sea, mountain lions, and a plague of bees. In this controversial tour de force of scholarship, unsparing vision, and inspired writing, Mike Davis, the author of City of Quartz, revisits Los Angeles as a Book of the Apocalypse theme park. By brilliantly juxtaposing L.A.'s fragile natural ecology with its disastrous environmental and social history, he compellingly shows a city deliberately put in harm's way by land developers, builders, and politicians, even as the incalculable toll of inevitable future catas-trophe continues to accumulate.
Counterpointing L.A.'s central role in America's fantasy life--the city has been destroyed no less than 138 times in novels and films since 1909--with its wanton denial of its own real history, Davis creates a revelatory kaleidoscope of American fact, imagery, and sensibility.Drawing upon a vast array of sources, Ecology of Fear meticulously captures the nation's violent malaise and desperate social unease at the millennial end of "the American century."With savagely entertaining wit and compassionate rage, this book conducts a devastating reconnaissance of our all-too-likely urban future.
"Dizzying. . . . In Mr. Davis's account, the world ends in fire, and the next time is now."--The New York Times
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為瞭FHS纔讀到。某些段子還行 總之這個大左派調調有點過於為瞭反對而反對……而且大量的科學分析……看得頭大
评分It's about how Los Angeles is situated and built in such a way as to maximize the social consequences of any natural disaster.
评分為瞭FHS纔讀到。某些段子還行 總之這個大左派調調有點過於為瞭反對而反對……而且大量的科學分析……看得頭大
评分It's about how Los Angeles is situated and built in such a way as to maximize the social consequences of any natural disaster.
评分為瞭FHS纔讀到。某些段子還行 總之這個大左派調調有點過於為瞭反對而反對……而且大量的科學分析……看得頭大
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