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A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster
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About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0670021075
ISBN-13
9780670021079
eBay Product ID (ePID)
72754320
Product Key Features
Book Title
Paradise Built in Hell : the Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2009
Topic
Social Psychology, Disasters & Disaster Relief
Genre
Social Science, Psychology
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
20 oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2009-004101
Dewey Edition
22
TitleLeading
A
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal
303.48/5
Grade To
UP
Synopsis
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., A startling investigation of what people do in disasters and why it matters Why is it that in the aftermath of a disaster? whether manmade or natural'people suddenly become altruistic, resourceful, and brave? What makes the newfound communities and purpose many find in the ruins and crises after disaster so joyous? And what does this joy reveal about ordinarily unmet social desires and possibilities? In A Paradise Built in Hell , award-winning author Rebecca Solnit explores these phenomena, looking at major calamities from the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco through the 1917 explosion that tore up Halifax, Nova Scotia, the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, 9/11, and Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. She examines how disaster throws people into a temporary utopia of changed states of mind and social possibilities, as well as looking at the cost of the widespread myths and rarer real cases of social deterioration during crisis. This is a timely and important book from an acclaimed author whose work consistently locates unseen patterns and meanings in broad cultural histories.
LC Classification Number
HV553.S59 2009
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