Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago
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Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago

by Eric Klinenberg

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Eric Klinenberg’s Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago examines a major urban heat event through its social dimensions, offering a focused nonfiction study of disaster, community, and life in the city.

ISBN-13 9780226276182 ASIN 022627618X Views 310 Publisher University of Chicago Press Year 2015 Edition Second Format Paperback Product Group Book Pages 320 Adult No Created February 19, 2026 Updated September 29, 2026
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Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago is a nonfiction work by Eric Klinenberg.

The book focuses on a heat wave and its effects in Chicago.

Its title signals an examination of disaster through a social, rather than solely environmental, lens.

This work may interest readers exploring cities, communities, and the human dimensions of crisis.

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