Heroic Efforts : the Emotional Culture of Search and Rescue Volunteers.

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Winner of the 2006 Outstanding Recent Contribution Award from the American Sociological Association, Sociology of Emotions Section. Many search and rescue workers voluntarily interrupt their lives when they are called upon to help strangers. They awake in the middle of the night to cover miles of te...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lois, Jennifer
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : NYU Press, 2003.
Subjects:
Volunteer workers in search and rescue operations > United States > Psychology > Case studies.
Mountaineering > Search and rescue operations > United States > Case studies.
Bénévoles dans les opérations de recherche et de sauvetage > États-Unis > Psychologie > Études de cas.
Secours en montagne > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Mountaineering > Search and rescue operations
Recreation & Sports.
Social Sciences.
United States
Case studies
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Winner of the 2006 Outstanding Recent Contribution Award from the American Sociological Association, Sociology of Emotions Section. Many search and rescue workers voluntarily interrupt their lives when they are called upon to help strangers. They awake in the middle of the night to cover miles of terrain in search of lost hikers or leave work to search potential avalanche zones for missing skiers, snowboarders, and snowmobilers in blizzard conditions. They often put their own lives in danger to rescue stranded, hypothermic kayakers and rafters from rivers. Drawing on six years of participant o.
Physical Description:1 online resource (245 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-227) and index.
ISBN:9780814752937
0814752934
1417568615
9781417568611

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