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Solnit, Rebecca.
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Social history -- 21st century.
Justice -- History -- 21st century.
War -- History -- 21st century.
Peace -- History -- 21st century.
Communities -- History -- 21st century.
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The encyclopedia of trouble and spaciousness / Rebecca Solnit.
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Solnit, Rebecca.
San Antonio, Texas : Trinity University Press, c2014.
Subjects
Social history -- 21st century.
Justice -- History -- 21st century.
War -- History -- 21st century.
Peace -- History -- 21st century.
Communities -- History -- 21st century.
ISBN:
9781595341983 (hardback)
1595341986 (hardback)
9781595347534 (paperback) :
1595347534 (paperback)
Description:
334 pages : map ; 24 cm
Contents:
Cyclopedia of an arctic expedition -- The butterfly and the boiling point : reflections on the Arab spring and after -- Rattlesnake in the mailbox : cults, creeps, California in the 1970s -- Concrete in paradise : some pictures of coastal California -- Dry lands : the Colorado River and hydrological madness of the west -- Detroit Arcadia : exploring the post-American landscape -- One nation under Elvis : environmentalism for everyone -- Winged Mercury and the golden calf : heavy metal histories -- Oil and water : The BP spill in the gulf -- In Haiti, words can kill -- Icebergs and shadows : further adventures in the landscape of hope -- Inside out, or interior space (and interior decoration) -- Notes from nowhere : Iceland's polite dystopia -- The volcano erupts : Iceland in upheaval -- The great Tohoku earthquake and tsunami : aftermaths in Japan -- Arrival gates : The Inari Shrine in Kyoto, Japan -- Journey to the center : (on Elin Hansdottir's labyrinth 'Path') -- Letter to a dead man on the occupation of hope -- Apologies to Mexico : the drug trade and GNP (Gross National Pain) -- Reconstructing the story of the storm : New Orleans five years after -- We won't bow down : Carnival and resistance in New Orleans -- The Google bus : Silicon Valley invades -- We're breaking up : noncommunications in the Silicon age -- Pale bus, Pale Rider : Silicon Valley invades, Cont'd -- On the dirtiness of laundry and the strength of sisters : or, mysteries of Henry David Thoreau, unsolved -- Revolutionary plots : on urban gardening -- The visibility wars -- Revolution of the snails : encounters with the Zapatistas.
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Summary:
""In twenty-nine essays Solnit combines commentary on history, justice, war and peace, and explorations of place, art, and community to create a powerful survey of the world. In its encyclopedic reach and its generous compassion, this collection charts a way through the thickets of our complex social and political structures"--Provided by publisher"--
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Social Science & Philosophy
306.0905 So
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Adult Nonfiction
306.0905 Solnit
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306.0905 So
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