Heat Wave
A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago
- Contents
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Acknowledgments
Preface to the Second Edition
Prologue: The Urban Inferno
Introduction: The City of Extreme
1. Dying Alone: The Social Production of Isolation
2. Race, Place, and Vulnerability: Urban Neighborhoods and the Ecology of Support
3. The State of Disaster: City Services in the Empowerment Era
4. Governing by Public Relations
5. The Spectacular City: News Organizations and the Representation of Catastrophe
Conclusion: Emerging Dangers in the Urban Environment
Epilogue: Together in the End
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Political Science: Urban Politics
Sociology: Demography and Human Ecology | Race, Ethnic, and Minority Relations | Urban and Rural Sociology
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