A paradise built in hell: the extraordinary communities that arise in disaster
Rebecca Solnit
- Resource Type:
- Book (Print/Paper)
- Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Viking, 2009
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- Summary:
- Why is it that in the aftermath of a disaster, people suddenly become altruistic, resourceful, and brave? Award-winning author Solnit explores this phenomena, looking at major calamities from the past 100 years.
- Table of Contents:
- Prelude : falling together
- A millennial good fellowship : the San Francisco earthquake
- Halifax to Hollywood : the great debate
- Carnival and revolution : Mexico City's earthquake
- The city transfigured : New York in grief and glory
- New Orleans : common grounds and killers
- The doorway in the ruins.
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- Languages:
- English
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- Item content: English
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- General Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Physical Description:
- x, 353 pages ; 24 cm
- Call Numbers:
- HV553 .S59 2009
- ISBNs:
- 9780670021079
0670021075 - Library of Congress Control Numbers:
- 2009004101
- OCLC Numbers:
- 303896716