About this title: This accessible sociological study of a 1995 heat wave in Chicago sees it as both a natural disaster and one charged with layers and layers of political and social significance. Over 700 people died. Who were they? Why so many? That many of them were elderly and living alone is one explanation--and Klinenberg starts there and further inquires as to the culpability of Chicago politics and media in their roles as contributory factors--as well as issues relating to race, ethnicity, income levels, neighborhoods and streets, and ways of talking about the weather but doing nothing about its effects.
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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Date Published: 2003-07-15
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Date Published: 2002
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Date Published: 2003
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Date Published: 2002
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Publisher: University of Chicago Press, Chicago
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780226443218ISBN:0226443213
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Collectible. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. xvii, 305 pp., illus., maps, biblio., index; 24 cm. AS NEW. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. "On Thursday, July 13, 1995, Chicagoans awoke to a blistering day in which the temperature would reach 106 degrees. The heat index, which measures how the temperature actually feels on the body, would hit 126 degrees by the time the day was over. Meteorologists had been warning residents about a two-day heat wave, but these ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Date Published: 2002-07-12
ISBN-13:9780226443218ISBN:0226443213
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Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr
Date Published: 2003
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Description: New. On Thursday, July 13, 1995, Chicagoans awoke to a blistering day in which the temperature would reach 106 degrees. The heat index, which measures how the temperature actually feels on the body, would hit 126 degrees by the time the day was over. read more
"Interesting. Apparently methodologically controversial, at least where a couple people are concerned, though I have yet to read the articles. The examinations of death rates by age, race, socioeconomic status, and geographical location are extremely compelling, but when Eric gets political he gets a little ranty and I understand the POV of the people who claim he's working off certain biases. Still, good read. Recommended."
"The social scientist approach makes for dry reading about a serious tragedy, one of the worst disasters in the 1990s. Because the heat wave victims were the poor, elderly, and friendless, this calamity is little remembered for the true policy failure that it was. The fact that Mayor Daley, who presided over this preventable disaster, is now lobbying for the Olympics is astonishing - especially since it's been a little over a year since he proved how inept he is at hosting public sporting events with the Chicago Marathon of 2007."
"Great great intro to public health/medical anthropology! It really gives perspective on national disasters like Hurricane Kathrina. You can skip some of the middle sections and get a ton out of it still!"
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