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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Solnit, Rebecca. Paradise built in hell. New York, N.Y. : Viking, 2009 (DLC) 2009004101 (OCoLC)303896716 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Rebecca Solnit |
ISBN: | 9781101130087 1101130083 9781101133446 1101133449 9781101132609 1101132604 9781101459010 1101459018 9781101458709 1101458704 |
OCLC Number: | 514247059 |
Description: | 1 online resource (x, 353 pages) |
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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