"Davis has given us a book of substantial contemporary relevance as well as great historical interest ... this highly informative book goes well beyond its immediate focus."
--Amartya Sen, New York Times

"Davis's range is stunning ... He combines political economy, meteorology, and ecology with vivid narratives to create a book that is both a gripping read and a major conceptual achievement. Lots of us talk about writing 'world history' and 'interdisciplinary history' here is the genuine article."
--Kenneth Pomeranz, author of The Great Divergence

"The global climate meets a globalizing political economy, the fundamentals of one clashing with the fundamentalisms of the other. Mike Davis tells the story with zest, anger, and insight."
--Stephen J. Pyne, author of World Fire

"Davis, a brilliant maverick scholar, sets the triumph of the late-nineteenth-century Western imperialism in the context of catastrophic El Niño weather patterns at that time ... This is groundbreaking, mind-stretching stuff."
--Independent

"Late Victorian Holocausts will redefine the way we think about the European colonial project. After reading this, I defy even the most ardent nationalist to feel proud of the so-called 'achievements' of empire."
--Observer

"Devastating."
--San Francisco Chronicle

"Generations of historians largely ignored the implications [of the great famines of the late nineteenth century] and until recently dismissed them as 'climatic accidents' ... Late Victorian Holocausts proves them wrong."
--Los Angeles Times (Best Books of 2001)

"Wide ranging and compelling ... a remarkable achievement."
--Times Literary Supplement

"A masterly account of climatic, economic and colonial history."
--New Scientist

"A hero of the Left, Davis is part polemicist, part historian, and all Marxist."
--Dale Peck, Village Voice

"The catalogue of cruelty Davis has unearthed is jaw-dropping ... Late Victorian Holocausts is as ugly as it is compelling."
--Sukhdev Sandhu, Guardian

"Controversial, comprehensive, and compelling, this book is megahistory at its most fascinating--a monument to times past, but hopefully not a predictor of future disasters."
--Foreign Affairs

"Devastating."
--San Francisco Chronicle