Main entry:

Solnit, Rebecca.

Title & Author:

A paradise built in hell : the extraordinary communities that arise in disasters / Rebecca Solnit.

Publication:

New York : Viking, 2009.

Description:

x, 353 pages ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-345) and index.
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.

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.

ISBN:

9780670021079 hardcover
0670021075 hardcover
9780143118077 paperback
0143118072 paperback

Subject:

Disasters Social aspects.
Disasters Psychological aspects.
Communities.
Altruism.
Community life.
Catastrophes Aspect social.
Communauté.
Altruisme.
Katastrophe
Psychologie
Soziologie
Katastrofer sociala aspekter.
Katastrofer psykologiska aspekter.
Förenta staterna.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 264809
Call No.: HV553.S59 2009
Status: Available