{"product_id":"late-victorian-holocausts-el-nino-famines-and-the-making-of-the-third-world-paperback","title":"Late Victorian Holocausts: El Niño Famines and the Making of the Third World - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMike Davis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the World History Association Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eBlending global environmental history with political history, this bestselling book explores \"late-nineteenth-century Western imperialism in the context of catastrophic El Niño weather patterns at that time\" (\u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eLate Victorian Holocausts\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMike Davis\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several books including \u003ci\u003eCity of Quartz\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Monster at Our Door\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBuda's Wagon\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePlanet of Slums\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship and the Lannan Literary Award. A resident of San Diego, California, he passed away in October 2022 at the age of 76.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 17, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770153795872,"sku":"9781784786625","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6842d4c381e1b66c0412a33bdf2999e7.webp?v=1780365898","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/late-victorian-holocausts-el-nino-famines-and-the-making-of-the-third-world-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}