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.
CCA mentioned in acknowledgements.
This publication was facilitated by the CCA Study Centre Visiting Scholars Program.
Dust jacket.

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.
Centre canadien d'architecture Mentions, acknowledgments, etc.

Holdings:

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