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A Paradise Built In Hell

The Extraordinary Communities that Arise in Disaster

Pocket
Engelsk
A Paradise Built In Hell
A Paradise Built In Hell
  • Forfatter: Rebecca Solnit
  • Format: Pocket
  • Antall sider: 368
  • Språk: Engelsk
  • Forlag/Utgiver: SD Books
  • EAN: 9780143118077
  • Utgivelsesår: 2010
  • Bidragsyter: Solnit, Rebecca
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Chosen as a Best Book of the Year by the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, New Yorker, San Francisco Chronicle, Washington Post, and Chicago Tribune


“A landmark book that gives impassioned challenge to the social meaning of disasters” The New York Times Book Review

Solnit argues that disasters are opportunities as well as oppressions, each one a summons to rediscover the powerful engagement and joy of genuine altruism, civic life, grassroots community, and meaningful work.San Francisco Chronicle

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The most startling thing about disasters, according to award-winning author Rebecca Solnit, is not merely that so many people rise to the occasion, but that t