Disaster Citizenship: Survivors, Solidarity, and Power in the Progressive Era

by Jacob A.C. Remes

Book Overview

A century ago, governments buoyed by Progressive Era-beliefs began to assume greater responsibility for protecting and rescuing citizens. Yet the aftermath of two disasters in the United States-Canada borderlands--the Salem Fire of 1914 and the Halifax Explosion of 1917--saw working class survivors instead turn to friends, neighbors, coworkers, and family members for succor and aid. Both official and unofficial responses, meanwhile, showed how the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252081374
• ISBN13: 9780252081378
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"