2020 : a reckoning
Klinenberg, Eric2024
Book
What unites us? What divides us? What do we value? Sociologist Eric Klinenberg had been studying what crises reveal about societies for over two decades when his home of New York became the deadliest hot spot of the global pandemic. In this book he combines what he and his research team learned on the ground from the events of that year with data gathered around the world to provide unprecedented insights into what societies are made of, why they come together or fall apart, and how they shape our lives. At the heart of 2020 are the deeply reported stories of seven people, including a school principal, a bar manager, a transport worker and a political aide, living within the same city yet worlds apart. Klinenberg shows how their diverse experiences were determined, like those of different countries, not by geography, preparedness, or vaccines, but by social factors.
Main title:
2020 : a reckoning / Eric Klinenberg.
Author:
Klinenberg, Eric, author
Work:
Imprint:
London : The Bodley Head, 2024.©2024.
Collation:
444 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781847926944 (paperback)9781847926937 (hardback)
Dewey class:
974.71044306.097471
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1994050