Heat Wave
A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago (Illinois)
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Author
Publication
2003-07-15 - University Of Chicago Press, Chicago, USA
Language
English
Word Count
76,250 words, Guess
Page Count
305 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveheatwavesocialau0000klin
- ISBN-100226443221
- ISBN-139780226443225
- LibraryThing32006
- Goodreads3850
and 5 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2001043724
- OCLC Control Number52144165
- OCLC Control Number47971411
- Better World Books9780226443225
- Open LibraryOL9363522M
Classifications
- DDC363.34'921—dc21
- LCCHV1471.C38K585 2003
- LCCHV1471.C38 K585 2003
and 1 more
- LCCHV1471.C38 K585 2002
Description
A “social autopsy” (Klinenberg’s phrase) of Chicago’s citizens and institutions after the July 1995 heat wave that killed over 700 people.
First Sentence
At the end of summer in the year 2000 I had my most personal encounter with the heat wave victims.
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