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The incomparable Rebecca Solnit, author of more than a dozen acclaimed, prizewinning books of nonfiction, brings the same dazzling writing to the essays in Encyclopedia of Trouble and Spaciousness. As the title suggests, the territory of Solnit's concerns is vast, and in her signature alchemical style she combines commentary on history, justice, war and peace, and explorations of place, art, and community, all while writing with the lyricism of a poet to achieve incandescence and wisdom.Gathered here are celebrated iconic essays along with little-known pieces that create a powerful survey of the world we live in.

Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: A. Cyclopedia of an Arctic Expedition
• B. Butterfly and the Boiling Point Reflections on the Arab Spring and After
• C. Rattlesnake in Mailbox Cults, Creeps, California in the 1970s
• Concrete in Paradise Some Pictures of Coastal California
• Climate Change Is Violence
• Dry Lands The Colorado River and Hydrological Madness of the West
• D. Detroit Arcadia Exploring the Post-American Landscape
• E. One Nation under Elvis Environmentalism for Everyone
• G. Winged Mercury and the Golden Calf Heavy Metal Histories
• Oil and Water The BP Spill in the Gulf
• H. In Haiti, Words Can Kill
• Icebergs and Shadows Further Adventures in the Landscape of Hope
• I. Inside Out, or Interior Space (and Interior Decoration)
• Notes from Nowhere Iceland's Polite Dystopia
• Volcano Erupts Iceland in Upheaval
• J. Great Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami Aftermaths in Japan
• Arrival Gates The Inari Shrine in Kyoto, Japan
• Journey to the Center (on Elin Hansdottir's Labyrinth Path)
• L. Letter to a Dead Man on the Occupation of Hope
• M. Apologies to Mexico The Drug Trade and GNP (Gross National Pain)

• N. Reconstructing the Story of the Storm New Orleans Five Years After
• We Won't Bow Down Carnival and Resistance in New Orleans
• S. Google Bus Silicon Valley Invades
• We're Breaking Up Noncommunications in the Silicon Age
• Pale Bus, Pale Rider Silicon Valley Invades, Cont'd
• T. On the Dirtiness of Laundry and the Strength of Sisters Or, Mysteries of Henry David Thoreau, Unsolved
• U. Revolutionary Plots On Urban Gardening
• V. Visibility Wars
• Z. Revolution of the Snails Encounters with the Zapatistas.

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Author/Creator:

Solnit, Rebecca

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

The Encyclopedia of Trouble and Spaciousness [by Solnit, R.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: The Encyclopedia of Trouble and Spaciousness [by Solnit, R.] (New York : Trinity University Press,c2014 — ISBN 9781595341983)

Subjects:

Politics and war

Environment

Conduct of life

General Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on Oct. 8, 2014).

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Call Numbers:

JZ6385 .S65 2014eb

ISBNs:

9781595341990
1595341994

OCLC Numbers:

891448152

Other Control Numbers:

EBC1792106 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp12092810