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Book SynopsisThis book examines the aftermath of 9/11 in New York City and the various ways that this event profoundly reshaped multiple spheres of City life.
Table of ContentsIntroduction, 1
Susan Opotow and Zachary Baron Shemtob
Conflict and Change: New York City’s Rebirth after 9/11, 14
Zachary Baron Shemtob, Patrick Sweeney, and Susan Opotow
Mirrored Reflections: (Re)Constructing Memory and Identity in Hiroshima and New York City, 41
Hirofumi Minami and Brian R. Davis
Memory Foundations, 67
Daniel Libeskind
Building the 9/11 Memorial, 86
Michael Arad
Urban Security in New York City after 9/11: Risk and Realities, 106
Charles R. Jennings
Managing Fire Emergencies in Tall Buildings: Design Innovations in the Wake of 9/11, 128
Norman Groner
Health Impacts of 9/11, 145
Michael Crane, Kimberly Flynn, Roberto Lucchini, Guille Mejia, Jacqueline Moline, David Prezant, Joan Reibman, and Micki Siegel de Hernandez, with Cristina Onea and Susan Opotow
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Following 9/11: What We Know Now, 180
Ari Lowell, Ariel Durosky, Anne Hilburn, Liat Helpman, Xi Zhu, and Yuval Neria
Living in Houses Without Walls: Muslim Youth in New York City in the Aftermath of 9/11, 206
Diala Shamas
Memory, Site, and Object: The September 11 Memorial Museum, 230
Susan Opotow and Karyna Pryiomka
Acknowledgments, 253
List of Contributors, 255
Index, 263
