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...? Critical Reading and Book Review: Planet of Slums by Mike Davis of the Critical Reading and Book Review: Planet of Slums by Mike Davis Urban and rural population is like the scale of justice in a country. To strike the correct balance, both arms of the scale are important. Mike Davis proves through statistics his worst fears of unchecked rural migration. The greatest challenge of the urban cities/societies, whose number has been growing since the last 5-6 decades, is the deadly and poisonous waste that has been accumulating from all ends. It has contaminated the food...
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...Mike Tyson: A Biography "When you win fights, basically, you dont learn anything about life," Mike Tyson in an Interview with Alexey Dospekhov. MikeTyson. Who does not know him, or at least have heard of his glory days in the sport of boxing? Even people who are not interested in boxing know his name even for just the wildly unpopular incident of him biting off a bit of Evander Holyfields ear (TysonTalk, 2009). Having a notoriously bad reputation in and out of the ring – with battery and rape allegations – made him one of the most controversial athletes in history (Brown, 1999; Brandt, 2003, p. 181). With his aggression and frightening countenance in the ring that had given him world records, his bold tattoos and his hulking body... , it is...
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... 29 October Ernie Davis Ernie Davis was an American football player who was born in Pennsylvania, USA on 14 December 1939. In the year 1959, Ernie David earned the national championship to the Syracuse and became the first ever winner of the Heisman Trophy from the African American race just two years later. Just five years before, Jim Brown had been rebuffed to have the honor of having this trophy because he was black as a result of which, Dick Schaap resolved to resign as the voter of the Heisman Trophy. In this context, Ernie Davis winning the Heisman Trophy marked a cultural shift. Ernie Davis also holds the honor of being the first athlete of the African American race to be selected in the NFL Draft.
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... Miles Davis Miles Davis lived and worked during the period of changes and turmoil in the American society. He was oneof those powerful African Americans who emerged in the society to fight for equality and more rights to the people. Miles Davis also took part in this movement rendering people’s desire for equality through music. In fact, the changes and evolution of his musical style is the reflection of the processes that took part in the American society and the civil rights movement in particular. Davis defied the standards and canons of jazz music, and it was the way he made a stand against the oppression of African Americans in the United States. Through his fight, he brought a wide range of stylistic innovations into jazz... and...
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...Saad Alsulaiti GEO106 Michael Castellon Front Range community college Introduction Mike Davis is a historian, political activist and an American writer, who is concerned with the nature of the urban landscape and effects of industrialization on societies. Mike is the author of the book, Planet of Slums. The author advocates a Marxist ideology as an alternative and is a renowned critic of neoliberal policies. The special issue on global slums of Mute magazine inspired the author to write the Planet of Slums. The author provides analysis of the social, environmental and economic state of cities situated in...
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...Book Review - Mike Davis's Planet of Slums - for Geography Urban Planning and Development
Mike Davis is one of the renowned authors of the 21st century. Mike has written many books with the aim of educating society on some of the most ignored issues in the contemporary world. One of his most popular books is Planet of Slums. Many of the modern-day books that discuss issues regarding slums do so in a negative manner where they seek to show the poor sides of the issue. However, Mike in this particular does not focus on the issue giving a negative attitude, on the contrary, he offers insight on some challenges that people living in slums go through. Moreover, he explains why they live in such conditions. Mike states that increased... of having...
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