Heat Wave
Subtitle: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago (Illinois)
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: July 15, 2003
Place of publication: Chicago, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 305
ISBN-13: 9780226443225
Copyright date: 2002
Subjects: American history: from c 1900 -; Social impact of disasters; History; Sociology; History: World; Illinois; USA; Disasters & Disaster Relief; Minority Studies - General; Sociology - Urban; History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies); Social Science / Disasters & Disaster Relief; Americas (North Central South West Indies)
First sentence: At the end of summer in the year 2000 I had my most personal encounter with the heat wave victims.
Table of contents: title: Contents
pagenum: vii; title: List of Illustrations
pagenum: ix; title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: xiii; label: Prologue
title: The Urban Inferno
pagenum: 1; label: Introduction
title: The City of Extremes
pagenum: 14; label: One
title: Dying Alone: The Social Production of Isolation
pagenum: 37; label: Two
title: Race, Place, and Vulnerability: Urban Neighborhoods and the Ecology of Support
pagenum: 79; label: Three
title: The State of Disaster: City Services in the Empowerment Era
pagenum: 129; label: Four
title: Governing by Public Relations
pagenum: 165; label: Five
title: The Spectacular City:  News Organizations and the Representation of Catastrophe
pagenum: 185; label: Conclusions
title: Emerging Dangers in the Urban Environment
pagenum: 225; label: Epilogue
title: Together in the End
pagenum: 236; title: Notes
pagenum: 243; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 281; title: Index
pagenum: 297