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Let L.A. Burn? How A Marxist Historian Tried To Warn California About Its Fire Risk

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Post date January 21, 2025

Firefighters battle the flames in Pacific Palisades, where the fire has burned more than 15,000 acres and destroyed at least 1,000 structures. Jonathan Alcorn/ZUMA

In 1998, urban historian Mike Davis published Ecology of Fear, exploring the consequences of Los Angeles urban development on the increase of natural disasters. Almost three decades later, his book is still relevant.

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