Heat wave : a social autopsy of disaster in Chicago / Eric Klinenberg.

Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, [2015]

xxxv, 305 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Second edition.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-295) and index.

Prologue : the urban inferno -- Introduction : the city of extremes -- Dying alone : the social production of isolation -- Race, place, and vulnerability : urban neighborhoods and the ecology of support -- The state of disaster : city services in the empowerment era -- Governing by public relations -- The spectacular city : new organizations and the representation of catastrophe -- Conclusion : emerging dangers in the urban environment -- Epilogue : together in the end.