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Wounded City - The Social Impact of 9/11 on New York City (Paperback)
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Wounded City - The Social Impact of 9/11 on New York City (Paperback)
Series: September 11th Initiative
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New York has eight million deeply personal and unique stories of
pain and perseverance from September 11, 2001. But the toll of
tragedy is greater than the anguish it inflicts on individuals
communities suffer as well. InWounded City, editor Nancy Foner
brings together an accomplished group of scholars to document how a
broad range of communities residential, occupational, ethnic, and
civic were affected and changed by the World Trade Center attacks.
Using survey data and in-depth ethnographies, the book offers
sophisticated analysis and gives voice to the human experiences
behind the summary statistics, revealing how the nature of these
communities shaped their response to the disaster. Sociologists
Philip Kasinitz, Gregory Smithsimon, and Binh Pok highlight the
importance of physical space in the recovery process by comparing
life after 9/11 in two neighborhoods close to ground zero Tribeca,
which is nestled close to the city s downtown, and Battery Park
City, which is geographically and structurally separated from other
sections of the city. Melanie Hildebrandt looks at how social
solidarity changed in a predominantly Irish, middle class community
that was struck twice with tragedy: the loss of many residents on
9/11 and a deadly plane crash two months later. Jennifer Bryan
shows that in the face of hostility and hate crimes, many Arab
Muslims in Jersey City stressed their adherence to traditional
Islam. Contributor Karen Seeley interviews psychotherapists who
faced the challenge of trying to help patients deal with a tragedy
that they themselves were profoundly affected by. Economist Daniel
Beunza and sociologist David Stark paint a picture of
organizational resilience as they detail how securities traders
weathered successive crises after evacuating their downtown office
and moving temporarily to New Jersey. Francesca Polletta and Lesley
Wood look at a hopeful side of a horrible tragedy: civic
involvement in town meetings and public deliberations to discuss
what should be done to rebuild at ground zero and help New Yorkers
create a better future in the footprints of disaster. New Yorkers
suffered tremendous losses on September 11, 2001: thousands of
lives, billions of dollars, the symbols of their skyline, and their
peace of mind. But not lost in the rubble of the World Trade Center
were the residential, ethnic, occupational, and organizational
communities that make up New York s rich mosaic. Wounded City gives
voice to some of those communities, showing how they dealt with
unforeseen circumstances that created or deepened divisions, yet at
the same brought them together in suffering and hope. It is a
unique look at the aftermath of a devastating day and the vitality
of a diverse city."
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