Heat Wave A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago

Name: Heat Wave A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago
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ISBN: 9780226443225

ISBN-10: 0226443221

ISBN-13: 9780226443225

Edition: 2003

Authors: Eric Klinenberg

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Heat waves in the United States kill more people during a typical year than any other natural disaster. Focusing on the 1995 Chicago heatwave, Klinenberg demonstrates the cracks in the social foundations of the city that remain to this day.

Book details

List price: $15.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 7/15/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


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: News Organizations and the Representation of Catastrophe


Conclusion: Emerging Dangers in the Urban Environment


Epilogue: Together in the End Notes


Bibliography


Index