Mike Davis
Sign in to saveAmerican writer, urban theorist, political activist, and historian from Southern California (1946–2022)
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Mike Davis was born on March 10, 1946. He was active during the period beginning January 1, 2004. Davis passed away on October 25, 2022.
He was recognized in the Macarthur Fellows collection. His profile is included in the UCR Profiles - Search & Browse resource, which covers UCR Faculty & Staff.
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Mike Davis was named a Macarthur Fellow in 1998, he was also honored for distinguished achievement in nonfiction writing this past fall by the Lannan Literary Foundation. Professor Davis is the author of more than 20 books and more than 100 book chapters and essays in the scholarly and elite popular press. His scholarly interest span urban studies, the built environment, economic history and social movements. Perhaps his best know book, City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles was named a best book in urban politics by the American Political Science Association and won the Isaac Deutscher Award from the London School of Economics and has been translated into eight languages
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mike
- Family name
- Davis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Fontana
- Place of death
- San Diego
- Occupation
- theorist
- Educated at
- Reed College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- economic history
- Image
- Mike Davis with Levi Kingston.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1946-03-10
- floruit
- 2004-01-01
- has works in the collection
- International Institute of Social History
- described at URL
- profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/mdavis
- date of death
- 2022-10-25
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- esophageal cancer
- birth name
- Michael Ryan Davis
- name in native language
- Mike Davis
- influenced by
- Karl Marx
- Commons category
- Mike Davis (writer)
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- Wu Chinese
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