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In a cemetery on the southern outskirts of Paris lie the bodies of nearly a hundred of what some have called the first casualties of global climate change. This book tells the stories of these victims and the catastrophe that took their lives. It explores the multiple narratives of disaster-the official story of the crisis and its aftermath.

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"Fatal Isolation is a riveting account of the social, cultural, and political forces that made France so vulnerable during the historic 2003 heat wave and a cautionary tale about the dangers of urban life on an overheated planet. Along the way, Keller takes up deep and unsettling questions about what we can and cannot know about the recent past. It's a memorable, haunting book." (Eric Klinenberg, author of Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago)

Fatal Isolation The Devastating Paris Heat Wave

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 07/05/2015
      ISBN13: 9780226251110, 978-0226251110
      ISBN10: 022625111X
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      Climate change Natural disasters Social impact of disasters

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In a cemetery on the southern outskirts of Paris lie the bodies of nearly a hundred of what some have called the first casualties of global climate change. This book tells the stories of these victims and the catastrophe that took their lives. It explores the multiple narratives of disaster-the official story of the crisis and its aftermath.

      Trade Review
      "Fatal Isolation is a riveting account of the social, cultural, and political forces that made France so vulnerable during the historic 2003 heat wave and a cautionary tale about the dangers of urban life on an overheated planet. Along the way, Keller takes up deep and unsettling questions about what we can and cannot know about the recent past. It's a memorable, haunting book." (Eric Klinenberg, author of Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago)

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