Olocausti tardovittoriani: El Niño, le carestie e la nascita del Terzo Mondo
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9788807103360 (8807103362)
Publish date: 2002
Publisher: Feltrinelli
Pages no: 424
Edition language: Italian
Category:
Non Fiction,
History,
Literature,
Science,
Environment,
Economics,
Politics,
Philosophy,
19th Century,
Sociology,
Theory,
World History
This is a scary book. The genocidal imperialists in this story are the British (and briefly, the Americans in the Philippines), but dial the clock ahead a hundred years and it’s all us. Seriously. Davis begins his story with a description of ex-president Ulysses Grant’s “family vacation” around t...
Though I agree with other reviewers that Davis is at his best when discussing India, the sections on Brazil, China, and numerous other places (to which he pays insufficient attention, truly) are generally informative. Perhaps it's fair to say that he establishes his argument on the basis of the Brit...