A paradise built in hell : the extraordinary communities that arise in disaster /
Rebecca Solnit.
- New York : Penguin Books, 2010, c2009.
- viii, 353 p. ; 22 cm.
Originally published: New York : Viking, 2009.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [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.
Explores the phenomenon through which people become resourceful and altruistic after a disaster and communities reflect a shared sense of purpose, analyzing events ranging from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake to Hurricane Katrina.