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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Rebecca Solnit |
| ISBN: | 9780670021079 0670021075 |
| OCLC Number: | 303896716 |
| Description: | x, 353 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | 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. |
| Responsibility: | Rebecca Solnit. |
Abstract:
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.
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