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Heads above water : gender, class, and family in the Grand Forks flood /
"Heads above Water tells the stories of women and their families who survived the Grand Forks, North Dakota, flood of 1997, one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history. This book describes the challenges women faced and explores the importance of class, race, gender, sexual orientation,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
©2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Heads above Water tells the stories of women and their families who survived the Grand Forks, North Dakota, flood of 1997, one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history. This book describes the challenges women faced and explores the importance of class, race, gender, sexual orientation, and disability in their disaster recovery. The women found themselves faced-to-face with social and familial upheaval, emotional and physical trauma, precarious economic and social status, and feelings of loss and violation."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 270 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-264) and index. |
| ISBN: | 142373999X 9781423739999 9780791461570 0791461572 9780791461587 0791461580 9780791484722 0791484726 |