Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago PDF
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H E A T W A V E A SOCIAL AUTOPSY OF DISASTER IN CHICAGO HEAT WAVE S E C O N D E D I T I O N Eric Klinenberg THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS | CHICAGO AND LONDON The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637 The University of Chicago Press, Ltd., London © 2002, 2015 by The University of Chicago All rights reserved. Published 2015. Printed in the United States of America 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 1 2 3 4 5 6 ISBN-13: 978-0-226-27618-2 (paper) ISBN-13: 978-0-226-27621-2 (e-book) DOI: 10.7208/chicago/9780226276212.001.0001 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Klinenberg, Eric, author. Heat wave : a social autopsy of disaster in Chicago / Eric Klinenberg. — Second edition. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-226-27618-2 (paperback : alkaline paper) — ISBN 978-0-226-27621-2 (e-book) 1. Older disaster victims—Illinois—Chicago. 2. Disasters—Social aspects— Illinois—Chicago. 3. Older people—Services for—Illinois—Chicago. 4. Older people—Illinois—Chicago—Social conditions. 5. Heat waves (Meteorology)— Illinois—Chicago. I. Title. HV1471.C38K585 2015 363.34(cid:2)92—dc23 2015002922 ♾ This paper meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (Permanence of Paper). For my parents, Rona Talcott and Edward Klinenberg. AndforHerbertJ. Davis,whoseincisivemindandgenerousspiritwill always provide inspiration. Contents List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xiii Preface to the Second Edition xix PROLOGUE The Urban Inferno 1 INTRODUCTION The City of Extremes 14 CHAPTER ONE Dying Alone: The Social Production of Isolation 37 CHAPTER TWO Race, Place, and Vulnerability: Urban Neighborhoods and the Ecology of Support 79 CHAPTER THREE The State of Disaster: City Services in the Empowerment Era 129 CHAPTER FOUR Governing by Public Relations 165 CHAPTER FIVE The Spectacular City: New Organizations and the Representation of Catastrophe 185 vii • • • viii • • • contents CONCLUSION Emerging Dangers in the Urban Environment 225 EPILOGUE Together in the End 236 Notes 243 Bibliography 281 Index 297 Illustrations figures 1. Cityworkershosedownbridges 2 2. Thousandsswarm toNorthAvenueBeach 2 3. Makeshiftpublichealth 3 4. Childrenreceivingemergencycare 4 5. ComEdcrewspraysapowergenerator 4 6. ‘‘WaterWars’’ 5 7. MaximumHeatIndexandExcess Deaths,July1995 7 8. Newspaperheadlinestrackthe deathtoll 7 9. RefrigeratedtrucksatCookCountyMedicalExaminers Office 9 10. UnitedStatesDisasterMortality,1960–95 17 11. Age-AdjustedHeat-RelatedDeathRatesper100,000Residents,bySex 20 12. Anexhaustedworkerat themorgue 25 13. ChiefMedicalExaminerEdDonoghue 25 14. Who’stoBlame? 31 15. Apolicereport foradecedent 42 16. ProportionofU.S.andChicagoHouseholdswithOneInhabitant 44 ix • • •
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