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Kaban ng Hiyas
Congressional Library

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History

Heat Wave

Author

Eric Klinenberg

Call Number

KH934924.81Z 5389 1994

Accession Number

70148kh

PUBLICATION YEAR

2008

Keywords

Heat waves, Chicago 1995, social conditions, public health, urban environment

Book Summary

Why heat waves are such a quiet menace and how social conditions contributed to more than 700 deaths during a week-long wave of unprecedented heat and humidity in Chicago in 1995 are the focus of "Heat Wave" written by sociologist Klinenberg. Illustrations. Maps.

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