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Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster
By
Mike Davis
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Vintage Books
Publication date
August 1, 1999
Pages
484
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780375706073
ISBN-10
0375706070
Dimensions
1.25 by 5.50 by 8.25 in.
Weight
1 lbs.
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$15.95
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A powerful glimpse into the history of disaster in Los Angeles, both real or imagined, argues that the most destructive forces are the many movies and books depicting this city as a veritable hotbed of riots, fires, floods, and earthquakes as well as an apocalyptic locale. Reprint. 40,000 first printing. NYT.
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Hardcover
1 edition from Metropolitan Books (September 1, 1998)
9780805051063 | details & prices | 484 pages | 7.00 × 10.00 × 1.75 in. | 1.85 lbs | List price $27.50
About: A glimpse into the history of disaster in Los Angeles, real or imagined, argues that the most destructive forces are the movies and books depicting the city as a hotbed of riots and natural disasters
About: A glimpse into the history of disaster in Los Angeles, real or imagined, argues that the most destructive forces are the movies and books depicting the city as a hotbed of riots and natural disasters
Paperback
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from Vintage Books (August 1, 1999)
9780375706073 | details & prices | 484 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $15.95
About: 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
About: 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
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