bretty
5th November 2008, 02:46
Just read Planet of Slums by Mike Davis. Anyone else read this? what did you think about it?
My initial opinion on the book has been very positive. I think he does a great job of keeping class as a significant factor in the problems. I felt it was a really good read, some people suggested it was too dense with statistics however I kind of like it because it's a good source for information and a lot of the second half of the book is less dense with statistics I felt. I also felt he makes some really good insights and he uses a lot of interesting arguments from very interesting and well known scholarly sources using both urban studies, development and poli sci, economics, etc. to address the problems.
-Brett
My initial opinion on the book has been very positive. I think he does a great job of keeping class as a significant factor in the problems. I felt it was a really good read, some people suggested it was too dense with statistics however I kind of like it because it's a good source for information and a lot of the second half of the book is less dense with statistics I felt. I also felt he makes some really good insights and he uses a lot of interesting arguments from very interesting and well known scholarly sources using both urban studies, development and poli sci, economics, etc. to address the problems.
-Brett