Review of “Una breve historia del coche bomba. El coche de Buda”

Davis, M. (2023). Una breve historia del coche bomba. El coche de Buda. Editorial Verso. 260 pages ISBN: 978-84-19719-23-2

Authors

  • José A. Mansilla López Observatori d'Antropologia del Conflicte Urbà (OACU)

Abstract

Mike Davis's book, published in Spanish by Verso publishing house, Mike Davis's book, published in Spanish by Verso publishing house,

aims to trace a story about the emergence of the practice of the bomb car, a device that he calls the poor man's bomber, as well as to contextualize, historically, socially and spatially, its development and evolution, covering the birth of this typology of urban violence from the beginning of the 20th century, just a few months after the arrest of the Italian anarchists in New York, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, until practically the present day.

Keywords

Car bomb, Urban violence, Sociology, Conflict

References

Davis, M. (2021). Control urbano. Más allá de Blade Runner. Barcelona: Virus Editorial.

EFE (2023). Ucrania reivindica el atentado con coche bomba contra un líder pro-russo en Lugansk, Euronews.

Mella, C. (2023). El estallido de dos coches bombas pone en alerta a Quito a semanas de las elecciones en Ecuador, El País.

Monterroso, A. (1959) [2022]. Obras completas (y otros cuentos). Madrid: Alianza editorial.

Público (2023). Estalla un coche bomba en la frontera de Estados Unidos con Canadá y deja dos muertos, Público.

Published

2023-12-29

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