Impressive - a perceptive and rigorous structural analysis. -- David Montgomery * The Nation *
One of the most uncompromising books about American political economy ever written - brilliant, provocative, and exhaustively researched. * Village Voice *
One of the most trenchant and original analyses of American politics. * Socialist Review *
Prisoners of the American Dream established [Davis's] record of candidly examining the prospects for progressive social change and the dismal fate of organized labor in the United States, with its lack of a party or power. -- Micah Uetricht * The Nation *

Mike Davis is the author of several books including City of Quartz, The Monster at Our Door, Buda's Wagon, and Planet of Slums. A former meatcutter and long-distance truck driver, he is the recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship and the Lannan Literary Award. He lives in San Diego.