{"product_id":"9781931859424","title":"In Praise of Barbarians: Essays Against Empire","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe author of \u003ci\u003eCity of Quartz\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePlanet of Slums\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e 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 “Private Ivan,” who defeated fascism; and looks at the future of capitalism from the top of Hubbert’s Peak.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo writer in the United States today brings together analysis and history as comprehensively and elegantly as Mike Davis. In these contemporary, interventionist essays, Davis goes beyond critique to offer real solutions and concrete possibilities for change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Davis remains our penman of lost souls and lost scenarios: He culls nuggets of avarice and depredation the way miners chisel coal.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A rare combination of an author, Rachel Carson and Upton Sinclair all in one.”\u003cbr\u003e--Susan Faludi, author, \u003ci\u003eBacklash\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Davis' work is the cruel and perpetual folly of the ruling elites.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMike Davis\u003c\/b\u003e is the author many books, including \u003ci\u003eCity of Quartz, The Ecology of Fear, The Monster at Our Door,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePlanet of Slums.\u003c\/i\u003e Davis teaches in the Department of History at the University of California, Irvine, and lives in San Diego.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haymarket Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039572836592,"sku":"9781931859424","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781931859424_p0.jpg?v=1763638672","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781931859424","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}