An edition of Heat Wave
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Heat Wave
A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago (Illinois)
by Eric Klinenberg
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A “social autopsy” (Klinenberg’s phrase) of Chicago’s citizens and institutions after the July 1995 heat wave that killed over 700 people.
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Older people, Social conditions, Services for, Older disaster victims, Heat waves (Meteorology), Disasters, Older people, services for, Chicago (ill.), social conditions, Social aspects, Aged, Health Services for the Aged, Hot Temperature, Social ConditionsPeople
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Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago (Illinois)
July 15, 2003, University Of Chicago Press
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0226443221 9780226443225
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Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago
July 12, 2002, University Of Chicago Press
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0226443213 9780226443218
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First Sentence
"At the end of summer in the year 2000 I had my most personal encounter with the heat wave victims."
Table of Contents
Contents
Page vii
List of Illustrations
Page ix
Acknowledgments
Page xiii
Prologue.
The Urban Inferno
Page 1
Introduction.
The City of Extremes
Page 14
One.
Dying Alone: The Social Production of Isolation
Page 37
Two.
Race, Place, and Vulnerability: Urban Neighborhoods and the Ecology of Support
Page 79
Three.
The State of Disaster: City Services in the Empowerment Era
Page 129
Four.
Governing by Public Relations
Page 165
Five.
The Spectacular City: News Organizations and the Representation of Catastrophe
Page 185
Conclusions.
Emerging Dangers in the Urban Environment
Page 225
Epilogue.
Together in the End
Page 236
Notes
Page 243
Bibliography
Page 281
Index
Page 297
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