Mike Davis (scholar)

Mike Davis
Born	Michael Ryan Davis (1946-03-10)March 10, 1946 Fontana, California, U.S.
Died	October 25, 2022(2022-10-25) (aged 76) San Diego, California, U.S.
Alma mater	University of California, Los Angeles
School	Critical geography Marxism
Main interests	Urban geography Environmental economics Marxism Labor history Political violence Economic history

Michael Ryan Davis (March 10, 1946 – October 25, 2022) was an American writer, political activist, urban theorist, and historian based in Southern California. He was best known for his investigations of power and social class in works such as City of Quartz and Late Victorian Holocausts. His last two non-fiction books were Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties, co-authored by Jon Wiener, and The Monster Enters: COVID-19, Avian Flu, and the Plagues of Capitalism (Feb 2022).