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Heat Wave

by Eric Klinenberg

Older peopleSocial conditionsServices forOlder disaster victimsHeat waves (Meteorology)DisastersOlder people, services forChicago (ill.), social conditions

A “social autopsy” (Klinenberg’s phrase) of Chicago’s citizens and institutions after the July 1995 heat wave that killed over 700 people.

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Book data: Open Library