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Heat wave : a social autopsy of disaster in Chicago /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Klinenberg, Eric (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2015]
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Older disaster victims > Illinois > Chicago.
Disasters > Social aspects > Illinois > Chicago.
Older people > Services for > Illinois > Chicago.
Older people > Illinois > Chicago > Social conditions.
Heat waves (Meteorology) > Illinois > Chicago.
Table of 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.