TY  - BOOK
AU  - Solnit,Rebecca
TI  - A paradise built in hell: the extraordinary communities that arise in disaster 
SN  - 9780143118077 (pbk.)
AV  - HV553 .S59 2010
U1  - 303.48/5 22
PY  - 2010///, c2009
CY  - New York
PB  - Penguin Books
KW  - Disasters
KW  - Psychological aspects
KW  - Social aspects
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -