Heat wave : a social autopsy of disaster in Chicago / Eric Klinenberg.

  • Klinenberg, Eric
Date:
[2015]
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Publication/Creation

Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, [2015]

Physical description

xxxv, 305 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition

Second edition.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-295) and index.

Contents

Prologue : the urban inferno -- Introduction : the city of extremes -- Dying alone : the social production of isolation -- Race, place, and vulnerability : urban neighborhoods and the ecology of support -- The state of disaster : city services in the empowerment era -- Governing by public relations -- The spectacular city : new organizations and the representation of catastrophe -- Conclusion : emerging dangers in the urban environment -- Epilogue : together in the end.

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    History of Medicine
    AKM.S.635
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ISBN

  • 9780226276182
  • 022627618X